‘The relationship began after she was 16’

The former head of Britain’s police watchdog told a court today (tues) a woman is mistaken as he insisted their relationship began after her 16th birthday. Michael Lockwood, 65, is said to have assaulted two 14-year-old girls while working as a lifeguard 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…