Ex-police watchdog chief not guilty of raping girls

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The former head of the police watchdog has been found not guilty of raping and molesting two 14-year-old girls 40 years ago.

Michael Lockwood, 65, of Epsom, Surrey, was accused of sexually abusing the girls when he worked part-time at a leisure centre near Hull in his 20s. He was found not guilty of 17 charges by a jury at the Old Bailey, London.

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