Panel’s shock over ex police chief Nick Adderley’s lies

The panel said that out of all the evidence produced it found Mr Adderley’s conduct in relation to two books the most shocking.

These were written about the murders of PC’s Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes in Tameside in 2012.

Mr Adderley, who was the officers divisional commander at the time, was described in the books as having “seen colleagues die in the Falklands conflict” and holding a “senior position in the armed forces”.

“He attempted to turn the spotlight onto himself and his naval fantasy, rather than on his murdered colleagues” the misconduct panel’s report said.

It added he created a “false legend” around himself ” for the purpose of enhancing his public image”.