‘I was telling them to say nothing’

A former police and crime commissioner accused of disclosing details of a criminal investigation into an MP claims he was simply advising politicians to make no comment about the inquiry. Adam Simmonds, 40, is accused of illegally divulging details of a criminal investigation into Peter Bone, MP for Wellingborough. Northants Police began a fraud investigation concerning the MP and his wife, Jeanette, in 2013. The criminal probe, concerning the payment of care fees for an elderly relative in the care…