Commissioner in court over MP leak claims

  Northamptonshire’s first ever Police and Crime Commissioner appeared in court today (tues) over claims he leaked information relating to a criminal investigation into Tory MP Peter Bone. Adam Simmonds, 39, allegedly sent the confidential data to his colleagues in the Conservative Party when he was still in his role as Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC). Simmonds appeared at Southwark Crown Court to face one count of disclosing information relating to a criminal investigation into the Wellingborough MP between November…