A former police officer used a volunteer training scheme as a "grooming playground" to exploit children and young adults.
Adnan Ali was found guilty by a jury of sexual offences and misconduct in a public office while running the volunteer scheme. The dad of one denied the offences but was convicted of five counts of sexual assault and 15 counts of misconduct following a trial at Liverpool Crown Court which concluded yesterday (April 24).
The charges related to incidents between 2015 and 2018 involving young men and women enrolled on Greater Manchester Police's (GMP) volunteer police cadet scheme. The court heard Ali, from Old Trafford, Manchester, was arrested and suspended in October 2018 after the force received a complaint he had behaved inappropriately towards a 16-year-old boy.
