Ex-council chief on sex charges 

    A former police authority chairman who defied David Blunkett
    over sacking a chief constable after the Soham [child] murders has
    been charged with 14 counts of indecent assault on children.

    Colin Inglis, 48, who was also leader of Hull city council until
    May, will appear at the city's magistrates' court today.

    He has always denied allegations of child abuse dating back to
    the 1980s when he was a care worker at a children's home in
    Hull. Mr Inglis is gay and has described the allegations as part
    of the price he has had to pay for being open about his sexuality
    while taking part in public life.

    Mr Inglis refused an order from Mr Blunkett, then home secretary,
    to sack the chief constable of Humberside, David Westwood, after
    severe criticism of the force by the Bichard inquiry into the
    mishandling of the Soham investigation. Humberside failed to keep
    records which might have prevented the appointment of double child
    killer Ian Huntley as a school caretaker.

    Mr Westwood denied blame but eventually retired early.

    Martin Wainwright
    Tuesday November 15, 2005
    The Guardian 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/child/story/0,7369,1642782,00.html

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