A police chief who was suspended for lying about his military record has been found guilty of gross misconduct.
Nick Adderley, the chief constable of Northamptonshire Police, has been suspended on full pay since October for exaggerating his own rank and length of service and lying about his naval achievements, including implying that he served in the Falklands War - despite being 15 when the conflict broke out in 1982.
A three-person panel, chaired by Callum Cowx, who served in the Royal Navy, the Army and the police, has now upheld all the allegations against him after a five-day hearing.
They found "his audacity to be quite staggering", adding that he had lied over many years with "arrogant temerity".
The hearing was previously told Mr Adderley had lied on his CV and application form when applying for the job with the force by claiming he served in the Royal Navy for 10 years when he had served for only two - and had apparently included his service with the Sea Cadets from the age of 10 in his calculation.
He also said he had attended the prestigious Britannia Royal Naval College for four years, despite his application being rejected, and that he had been a military negotiator in Haiti, when he had never been to the country.
Mr Adderley claimed had been a "commander or a lieutenant", even though he only achieved the rank of able seaman, and was further accused of failing to correct inaccurate newspaper articles about his naval career.
He previously said the the South Atlantic Medal (SAM) he had been pictured wearing since at least 2012 was given to him by his brother Richard when he emigrated to Australia in 2008.
The SAM was awarded to British military personnel and civilians for service in the Falklands conflict.
But the hearing was told the medal deemed "110%" fake by a Ministry of Defence medal expert and the panel was told on Thursday Mr Adderley told a "pack of lies" about his brother's Falklands service.
John Beggs KC, representing the Office of the Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner (OPFCC), told the hearing Richard Adderley did not embark for the Falklands until 2 July 1982, about three weeks after hostilities ceased.
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Tap hereThe barrister said Mr Adderley's lies were an attempt to build "a military, naval legend that wasn't true".
Mr Cowx said the panel would not give fully formed reasons for their decisions on Friday, and they would follow in a written report within five days, but agreed the allegations against Mr Adderley amounted to breaches of honesty and integrity and discreditable conduct.
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