FORMER DJ and music mogul Jonathan King has called for Surrey’s Police and Crime Commissioner David Munro to resign over the handling of his complaints into his collapsed trial.

Mr King asked Surrey’s Police and Crime Panel to step in and request Mr Munro, a former Farnham councillor, resigns and that he is not involved in selecting the new chief constable for the force.

His request was put to the panel who met at Surrey County Council’s County Hall headquarters on Monday.

Mr King was sat in the public gallery of the council chamber as his question was read out by Bryan Cross, independent member of the panel, who was chairing the panel.

The question tabled was: “Will the PCP (Police and Crime Panel) please request to PCC Munro that he resigns his post with immediate effect?”

Reading out the written response, Mr Cross said: “The commissioner is an elected representative and the Police and Crime Panel does not have the power to request or enforce a resignation.”

There was no discussion or further comment about the question.

A trial involving Mr King, 74, over allegations of historical sex offences alleged to have taken place between 1970 and 1988 collapsed in June last year. He faced 23 serious sexual assault charges against boys aged between 14 and 16 which he denied. Mr King was told that proceedings against him would not continue.

Surrey Police said at the time in a statement at the time they recognised there were “serious organisational failings in the investigation” and Mr Munro launched an independent review. Since then chief constable Nick Ephgrave has left Surrey Police and joined the Metropolitan Police as assistant commissioner.

But Mr King says he is still not satisfied with how his complaint about the handling of his case, lodged in September, has been dealt with and is calling for Mr Munro to resign.

Speaking after the Police and Crime Panel meeting on Monday, Mr King said: “I think Munro should go now. I don’t think he should be selecting the next chief constable.”

An advert for a new chief constable has gone out with Mr Munro due to hold interviews in March.

Mr King, a singer-songwriter, record producer, music entrepreneur, and former television and radio presenter, was released from jail in 2005 after serving half of a seven-year jail term after being found guilty of sex offences against underage boys between 1983 and 1989.

A spokesman for the office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey said: “Following the collapse of the trial in August last year, the Police and Crime Commissioner, together with Surrey Police, commissioned a thorough independent review to establish the full facts around the disclosure failures in this case.

“That review is currently taking place so it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.”

Mr King is best known for discovering (and naming) Genesis and producing hits by the likes of 10cc and the Bay City Rollers.