Former Met chief cleared of abusing young men

A former Met Police chief who offered two vulnerable young men drugs and a place to stay has been cleared of abusing them. Peter Kirkham, 65, left the Met with an ‘unblemished’ record in 2002 after 21 years of service. The former detective chief inspector was a regular face on BBC and Sky News providing his ‘expert’ comments on stories that hit the news. But he confessed in court to a secret double life, meeting up with young men on…