Jurors have been selected in the trial of the former head of the police watchdog who is accused of sexual offences against two girls more than 30 years ago.
Michael Lockwood, 65, faces eight charges of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 16 on dates between August 1979 and August 1981. He is also accused of three counts of rape and six counts of indecent assault on a second girl between October 1985 and March 1986.He appeared at the Old Bailey on Wednesday for the start of a three-week trial before Mr Justice Bennathan KC.
A panel of potential jurors was selected and sent away until midday on Thursday when a jury will be sworn in.Lockwood stepped down as director-general at the Independent Office for Police Conduct in December 2022. He was the first director-general appointed to lead the IOPC when it replaced the Independent Police Complaints Commission in 2018.Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention.