‘I was groomed and assaulted by ex head of police watchdog Michael Lockwood’

A woman who has accused the former head of Britain’s police watchdog of abusing her told a court that she was ‘groomed’ by him. Michael Lockwood, 65, is said to have assaulted two 14-year-old girls at a leisure centre in Hull, east Yorkshire, between 1979 and 1986. He stood down as director general of the Independent Office for Police Conduct in December 2022. Lockwood denies three counts of rape and six counts of indecent assault between 1985 and 1986. He…