A former Greater Manchester Police constable has been found guilty of five sexual assaults on young men and women. Adnan Ali, who ran a large cadet unit for the force, used the training scheme as a 'grooming playground' and 'exploited the freedom he was given', a court was told previously.
The 36-year-old father-of-one went on trial at Liverpool Crown Court, where he denied twenty charges including sexually assaulting two teenage girls and a 17-year-old boy, and misconduct in public office involving sexualised conversations.
However, today (April 24), he was found guilty of five counts of sexual assault and 15 counts of misconduct in a public office.
The charges relate to incidents, between 2015 and 2018, involving young men and women enrolled on the scheme. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community During the three week trial, the court heard how Ali, of Leighton Road, Old Trafford, sexually assaulted two teenage girls and a 17-year-old boy.
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