Michael Lockwood accused........

The ex-police watchdog director general has been charged with raping a girl under 16 and indecent assault.
Michael Lockwood, 64, is accused of six counts of indecent assault and three counts of rape against a girl under 16.
He left the Independent Office for Police Conduct in December after it emerged he was being investigated over a historical allegation.
The nine offences allegedly took place in the 1980s, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
Rosemary Ainslie, head of the special crime division at the CPS, said: "After carefully considering all of the evidence provided to us by Humberside Police, we have authorised charges against Michael Lockwood, 64, for nine offences under the Sexual Offences Act 1956.
"Mr Lockwood has been charged with six counts of indecent assault and three offences of rape against a girl under the age of 16, alleged to have been committed during the 1980s.
"The Crown Prosecution Service reminds all concerned that criminal proceedings against Mr Lockwood are active and that he has the right to a fair trial."
He is due to appear before magistrates in Hull on 28 June.
 
coluka said:
I would like to say I’m shocked, but I aren’t. That said, as horrifying as these charges are, it does not mean he is yet guilty, however, if he is found guilty then he needs to be made a huge example of.
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As you say, we need to be careful here because he's only been charged and not found guilty of this allegation. I would say that the evidence against him must be strong for them to charge him in the first place and agree ith you that we need to make an example of people abusing their power.
 
I wish they would add that he was 26/27 at the time. doesn't make any difference to the charges, but is factually clearer for the reader.
 
Norman_Conquest said:
As you say, we need to be careful here because he's only been charged and not found guilty of this allegation. I would say that the evidence against him must be strong for them to charge him in the first place and agree ith you that we need to make an example of people abusing their power.
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Yes, we certainly do.

One thing that really gets me is how some of our politicians though can hide behind ‘Parliamentary Privilege‘ make false accusation, obfuscate, never answer a question, ignore reality, have it beamed live on TV around the nation for all to see and they are barely ever held to account, untouchable serve for one day every 5 yrs by the public. If any of us posting on here ever behaved in such a way in the workplace as some politicians do, we’d rightly be sacked for gross misconduct and lose all accrued benefits yet nobody bats an eyelid or faces much in the way of issue. To suggest as we often hear, ‘nobody is above the law’ is simply untrue, politicians operate in a manner that gives them a privileged degree of immunity in certain areas. We keep hearing about all sorts of shady behaviours and sexual impropriety, yet the police are almost never involved. Shameful really.
 
Norman_Conquest said:
As you say, we need to be careful here because he's only been charged and not found guilty of this allegation. I would say that the evidence against him must be strong for them to charge him in the first place and agree ith you that we need to make an example of people abusing their power.
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You would assume with it being from the eighties they'd have to be pretty certain to go ahead, as there'd be no physical evidence linking him you would think. So they must be pretty confident they've got more than a he said / she said situation.
 
I hope the charges turn out to be false.
Unlikely by the look of it.
But I hope for it all the same.
I'm a boro fan.
Hope has been a big part of my life for a long time.
 
For the past 20+ years we have been told the police and the civil service are institutionally racist… work has been done to change this


For me the biggest issue is the fact there is a case to say they are both harbouring (and some could say actively protecting) paedophile’s and sexual predators
 
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