A FORMER head of the police watchdog has appeared in court charged with raping a 14-year-old girl.
Michael Lockwood is accused of attacking the schoolgirl while he was working as a lifeguard in the 1980s.
The 64-year-old appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court today charged with six counts of indecent assault and three counts of rape.
Lockwood, who stepped down as director general at the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) in December when the allegations came to light, spoke only to confirm his identity.
The court was told the alleged offences took place between October 1985 and March 1986.
At the time, Lockwood was working at a sport centre in Humberside and was aged 25 to 26.
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He came the first director general of the IOPC when it replaced the Independent Police Complaints Commission in 2018.
Before that, Lockwood was chief executive of the London Borough of Harrow in North West London.
During his role as IOPC chief, he led recovery work following the Grenfell Tower disaster and worked with bereaved families and survivors.
Lockwood was granted unconditional bail with a provisional trial date set for July 26 at the Old Bailey.
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