Affairs did not affect police job

And the "failure" of the former Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police to inform authorities of his affairs made him "potentially vulnerable" to compromise and damaged the image of the police, the report concluded.

An investigation was launched after his death, conducted by Sir Paul Scott-Lee, Chief Constable of West Midlands Police.

He investigated the revelations about the private life of the 50-year-old and whether it impinged on his professional duties as head of one of the UK's biggest police forces.

Details of the married father-of-three's affairs with other women came to light after he was found face down in the snow, frozen to death, at Bwlch Glas, near the summit of Mount Snowdon, in North Wales on March 11 last year.

Hours earlier, he had sent final text messages asking for forgiveness in "another life" as he downed gin and sleeping pills.

He had become depressed and suicidal over his tangled love life after his wife, Carolyn, 47, confronted him about an affair.

Once tipped as a potential candidate for Britain's top police job as head of Scotland Yard, Mr Todd landed the GMP job in October 2002, moving from a high-profile post at the Metropolitan Police. But his wife and family stayed at their home in Nottinghamshire.

Coroner Dewi Pritchard Jones concluded that Mr Todd died of exposure when his state of mind was affected by alcohol, a drug and confusion due to his personal situation.

Sir Paul's inquiry team interviewed 150 people over 10 months. Mr Todd did not mix business with pleasure, the report stated, and kept his distance by declining invitations to social events.