The award-winning cop and cadet leader who was grooming vulnerable victims right under the noses of his bosses
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPC Adnan Ali scoops yet another award - and poses proudly for a picture with then Chief Constable Ian Hopkins. The top cop had no idea the officer he had just handed a 'Citizens in Policing' gong to - for inspiring teenagers from troubled backgrounds to join the police - had been abusing his reputation to groom youngsters to satisfy his own perverted sexual desires.
The picture was taken in the summer of 2018 - in October of that year Ali, who led GMP's growing cadet scheme in Trafford, was arrested, and his sleazy conduct began to unravel.
Detectives would later suspect he may not have been acting alone. Read more: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community As the investigation into 'Adz', as he was known, continued, in February 2019 detectives arrested a second pervert police officer who was part of the same Trafford cadet scheme, PC Christopher Dunn.
The pair knew each other, and the M.E.N. understands they went on at least one outward bound trip with each other where they were trusted to look after the young cadets in their care.
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