Police and Crime Commissioner accused of MP probe leak

  One of Britain’s first ever Police and Crime Commissioners passed on confidential information about a criminal investigation into MP Peter Bone to Tory colleagues, a court heard. Adam Simmonds, 40, allegedly disclosed details of the criminal investigation into the Tory MP for Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, between November 2013 and May 2014. Simmonds 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 the…