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In June, Nick Adderly, the chief constable of Northamptonshire Police was sacked for exaggerating his naval rank and length of service.

The 54-year-old, who was sacked as a Merseyside Police special constable last year over undeclared debts, has not responded to the latest allegations despite repeated attempts to contact him.

Former assistant chief constable Tom Wood has written a book on the case, entitled Ruxton: The First Modern Murder.

The Lancashire constable called me and said: “the suspect was lying.”

He also called on the chief constable of Essex Police to apologise to Pearson or risk bringing the force into disrepute.