A former police officer has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of sexual assaulting police cadets.
Adnan Ali carried out the abuse between 2015 and 2018 on Greater Manchester Police’s (GMP) volunteer cadet scheme.
The 36-year-old was found guilty in April of five counts of sexual assault and 15 counts of misconduct in a public office.
He was arrested and suspended in 2018after a complaint that he had been behaving inappropriately towards a 16-year-old boy.
The charges related to incidents involving both young women and young men.
Electronic devices were seized following Ali’s arrest, with officers finding thousands of messages and identifying further victims.
The Manchester force said his DNA was also found in sexual bodily fluids on a police office carpet.
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“PC Ali engaged in sexual activity on police premises in an area that was periodically used by young apprentices and cadets,” said Chief Constable Stephen Watson .
“This was a fundamental breach of the public’s trust in police officers and inevitably brings the profession into disrepute.”
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Ali was sacked after being found guilty of gross misconduct in April 2022 and GMP is taking action to remove his pension.
Senior officers for the force have admitted more could have been done to supervise him but that action is ongoing to “ensure predatory employees are rooted and booted out”.
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Speaking after the conviction, the head of its professional standards branch, Chief Superintendent Mike Allen, said Ali represented the “very worst and the minority in policing”.
“He is among a very small percentage who discredit the police service and undermine trust and confidence in it,” added Mr Allen.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct said the case had shown “serious failings” in the way GMP cadet schemes were managed.
However, it said it welcomed “a range of steps taken” to improve supervision of officers working on the courses.
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A man has been jailed after his XL bully attacked a 12-year-old girl.
Justin Allison, 38, from Ebbw Vale, was sentenced to three years in prison at Newport Crown Court on Wednesday.
The girl was seriously injured and needed hospital treatment, police said.
Allison had previously pleaded guilty to possessing a banned breed without a licence and being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control in a public place. He also admitted a charge of possessing an offensive weapon in a private place.
Officers were called to an address in Nantyglo, Blaenau Gwent, last October to reports a child had been attacked by a dog.
Gwent Police said the dog – later identified as an XL bully – was seized and humanely destroyed by a vet.
The breed was banned in England and Wales from 1 February last year, with the ban later extended to Scotland.
Detective Chief Inspector Virginia Davies said the girl was “viciously attacked” after Allison “failed to keep his dog under control”.
She said the case “should serve as a reminder to all dog owners of the importance of having your dog under control at all times”.
“We take all reports of suspected irresponsible dog ownership seriously and we urge everyone to follow the legislation and guidance to prevent events like this happening in the future,” she added.
Allison was also banned from owning dogs for 10 years.
The Bishop of Liverpool has announced his retirement days after facing allegations of misconduct from two women, including another bishop.
One woman said the Right Reverend Dr John Perumbalath kissed her without consent and groped her, while the second accused him of sexual harassment.
The bishop has vehemently denied the allegations – and in his retirement letter, published online on Thursday, he reiterated his denial.
The letter, shared by the Diocese of Liverpool, read: “Having sought the permission of His Majesty the King, I have today taken the decision to retire from active ministry in the Church of England.”
Addressing the accusations, he continued: “Since those allegations were made I have consistently maintained that I have not done anything wrong and continue to do so.
“I do not wish this story to become a distraction for this incredible diocese and its people whom it has been an honour and joy to serve,” the bishop says in his letter.
“This is not a resignation occasioned by fault or by any admission of liability.”
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The exact date for when the bishop’s role will formally end is yet to be decided, but he is stepping back from ministering and leading the diocese as of Thursday.
The letter continued: “I have taken this decision for my own well-being, my family and the best interests of the Diocese.
“I have informed the Archbishop of York of my decision and I understand he will put in place the necessary arrangements for episcopal oversight of the diocese for the remainder of my time here and during the vacancy.”
The Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell – who has faced calls to resign over separate safeguarding failures – said: “I respect his decision and thank him for his ministry.”
“My thoughts and prayers continue to be with all those who have been affected by this situation,” he continued. “I am committed to ensuring stability during this time of transition and will be putting the necessary arrangements in place to provide episcopal oversight for the diocese.”
An acting bishop will be announced in the coming days.
The diocese – which on Wednesday pressured the bishop to step aside – said in a statement: “We acknowledge his decision in taking this step for the good of the Diocese of Liverpool.
“This is a deeply painful situation, and we hold all concerned in our prayers.”
A “further disclosure was made by another woman” shortly after, the Church said. This was “assessed not to be a safeguarding matter but a matter of alleged misconduct,” it added.
Bishop Perumbalath’s resignation comes at a tumultuous time for the Church of England, which has recently seen Justin Welby quit as Archbishop of Canterbury over the handling of another case.