this extraordinary series of events was sparked by a complaint from a member of the public who turned out to be nick adderley s ex wife who took issue with media reports about his naval record, and that has led to this, a gross misconduct hearing investigating claims about nick adderley s career which include him implying that he had served in the falklands war despite being just 15 at the time, that he had worked as a military negotiator in haiti in the 19805 even though he had never visited the country, and that he had worn military medals that he had not earned and in one case, the south atlantic medal, the falklands war medal, was in the words of one expert, 110% a fake. all of those allegations were proven. the panel dismissed nick adderley from his job and they said he lied with arrogant temerity, that he displayed sustained and brazen dishonesty and that his application for the job of chief constable contained lie upon lie. despite being instructed to do so nick adderl