Former officer in court
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A former Hertfordshire police officer has been cleared of sexual offences against a child and misconduct in a public office.
Neil Shoebridge, age 49, of Northolt Avenue, Bishop’s Stortford, stood trial at Huntingdon Law Courts, having denied three counts of gross indecency with a girl aged under 16 between 27 December 2002 and 3 January 2003.
He had also denied wilfully neglecting to perform duty and wilful misconduct while a holder of a public office between the same dates.
Today, Tuesday 27 October, a jury found him not guilty on all counts.