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PROBE COP'S PAY BUMP
Top cop who wore ‘fake’ Falklands War medal set to bag bumper pay rise despite facing criminal investigation
Last month, the CPS was handed an evidence file and he could face criminal charges
FAKE medals police chief Nick Adderley is in line for a bumper pay rise — despite facing a criminal investigation.
The Chief Constable of Northamptonshire is suspended on full pay after we exposed him for wearing a Falklands war medal even though he was just 16 in 1982.
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But his £162,411 salary will rise to £167,876 at the start of next month, according to a memo published by the Home Office.
Between his suspension on October 16 and the last day of his forthcoming misconduct hearing he will earn £101,005.92.
His projected salary increase is in line with other police bosses from similar size forces.
Adderley, 57, faces a three-day hearing on May 28 for claiming he served in the Navy for ten years before joining the police in 1992. For at least one year, he was a pub licensee.
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Last month, the CPS was handed an evidence file and he could face criminal charges.
Adderley says the medal was a gift.
He denies wrongdoing.
Adderley has been quizzed under caution by IOPC investigators.
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Regional director Emily Barry said: “We have submitted an evidential report.
"It will be for the CPS to consider whether to bring any criminal charge.”
She said a referral “is made when the IOPC investigation indicates a criminal offence may have been committed”.
She added: “It does not mean criminal charges will necessarily follow.”
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