Serving Met officer facing CSA images charges hanged himself

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Serving Met officer facing CSA images charges hanged himself

Retired Met officers Jack Addis and Jeremy Laxton were jailed last month for their part in a plot to distribute or show indecent images of children across a three-year period.

Date - 30th August 2023
By - Cash Boyle

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A Met Police chief inspector took his own life on the day he was to be charged with indecent image offences involving children, an inquest has heard. Richard Watkinson, who was deployed in neighbourhood policing at the West Area Command...

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