Predatory police cadet leader jailed after using training scheme as 'grooming playground' 'It was a gross abuse of power and a gross abuse of trust' Adnan Ali has been jailed for five years for Misconduct in a Public Office and Sexual Assault A former Greater Manchester Police Constable who sexually assaulted teenagers he was training for his own 'sexual gratification' has been jailed. Adnan Ali has been sentenced to five years in jail for Misconduct in a Public Office and five Sexual Assaults on a 16-year-old boy and two young girls. The assaults and misconduct took place between 2015 and 2018 with the young men and women on GMP’s Volunteer Police Cadet Scheme. A trial at Liverpool Crown Court heard that the 36-year-old father, from Old Trafford, used the Training Scheme as a 'grooming playground' and 'exploited the freedom he was given. He was jailed for five years