Jury deadlocked in commissioner trial

One of Britain’s first Police and Crime Commissioners faces a retrial over claims he disclosed details of a criminal investigation into Tory MP Peter Bone after the jury failed to reach a verdict. Adam Simmonds, 40, was Northamptonshire’s first Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), elected in the first set of elections to the role in 2012. Northants Police began a fraud investigation concerning Peter Bone, the Tory MP for Wellingborough, and his wife, Jeanette, in 2013. The criminal probe, concerning…