AS scandals engulf the Metropolitan Police and our own force admits failings over the Bullfinch child sex ring, it is timely to report the heroism of former Wantage man Pc Adam Koch.

He received a commendation for saving a boy from a knife-wielding man last week – while still carrying the wounds after being stabbed while coming to the rescue of worshippers in a mosque.

His family and all of us should be hugely proud of Pc Koch.