Officer not guilty of sexual misconduct

A FORMER police chief inspector has been found not guilty of misconduct in public office, after he was accused of forming a sexual relationship with a junior officer.

David Rolls, 46, was cleared by a jury at Lewes Crown Court after a trial in which he had faced the allegation of having the affair with the officer who was described as being “vulnerable” and struggling with her mental health.

He was alleged to have filmed himself having sex with an officer while on duty before saying he had to leave to go shopping with his wife, the court heard.

He was serving with Sussex Police at the time but resigned from the force in March 2023. He had denied the allegation and told the court it was a “fantasy”.

A Sussex Police spokesman said that internal misconduct proceedings would now be “progressed”. “The matter was referred to the Independent Office of Police Conduct who directed that a local investigation be conducted. Criminal charges were later authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service. Now the criminal investigation has concluded, the force will progress internal misconduct proceedings,” they said.

Det Chief Insp Mark Cullimore said: “It was important that this case was decided by a jury, and we are grateful to those members of the jury who carefully considered all of the evidence presented before the court.

“We acknowledge and respect the decision they came to. We’re aware that such cases impact not only the people involved within the investigation but also those reading or following the trials in the media. I would like to thank all those who assisted with the case and the court process for support and patience.”

Mother pulls child out of Scottish state school to educate her in England ‘to escape charity’s reach’

HOLLY* was drawn to her local school’s LGBT “allies” club by her fascination with flags.

When she began attending classes in March 2021, after her school in East Lothian, Scotland, reopened from lockdown, she found noticeboards and classrooms plastered with Pride and Trans colours.

Teachers displayed their pronouns on rainbow-coloured signs on their classroom doors.

The then 12-year-old, who is autistic and also enjoyed making lists, was soon reciting the wide array of genders and sexual orientations at the family dinner table, which she had discovered through her membership in the school’s lunchtime LGBT club.

Holly’s mother Joanne, 53, initially had no issue. She says she considered herself a member of the “wokerati” and an “LGBT ally” and was relieved that her daughter, who struggled socially, was making friends.

However, less than a year later, she says she was forced to pull Holly out of the state school, and now sends her to a private school in northern England.

She claims Holly was “radicalised” by her school, which like other secondary schools in the area, is signed up to a charter scheme run by the SNP Government-funded charity LGBT Youth Scotland.

revealed on Thursday that as part of the charity’s scheme, schools including primaries were appointing children “LGBT champions” and being urged to question pupils about their sexual orientation and gender. Schools that signed up, for a fee of at least £850, were ranked on how well they catered for LGBTQ+ pupils and were given guides on how to best achieve this. It is backed by the Scottish Government and more than half of the country’s secondary schools, and at least 40 of its primary schools, are signed up.

The SNP Government has faced calls to withdraw its school guidance, which tells teachers to “be affirming” if a child says they are trans, in light of the Cass Review. The report, published last week, warned of the risks of “social transitioning”, including in schools,