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Met Police chief inspector arrested over child abuse images found dead
A senior Met Police officer who was being investigated over child abuse images has been found dead.

The body of Ch Insp Richard Watkinson, who was suspended from duty, was found at home in Buckinghamshire on Thursday.

The officer was being investigated for conspiracy to distribute indecent images of children, voyeurism and misconduct in public office.

He was first arrested by police watchdog the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) on 9 July 2021.

Mr Watkinson was serving with the West Area command unit at the time of the arrest.

Due to "significant developments in the investigation", the case was then passed on to specialist officers at the Met Police.


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Two of my old teachers have been jailed for sex offences in recent years. I knew one was a wrong un but the other surprises me (despite being a b*stard.) You’re raised to trust these people in authority.
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Hammer1966 wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 6:27 pm Cheers. So we have Police, Politicians, Priests (and Vicars), Royals and Teachers.

Thankfully none of those are in any kind of position of authority or power eh?
You can add TV Presenters, DJs and movie executives to that list too ...

... oh and porn stars too

https://news.sky.com/story/ron-jeremy-p ... s-12789221
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If you really want to see the extent of the corruption and illegal activity within the UK police forces subscribe to this channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@PoliceAbusingPowers/videos

Almost daily there's cases of police being dismissed, prosecuted or disciplined for a variety of crimes and infractions. It's pretty frightening when you see the extent of what's going on within the police forces in this country.

Oh and anything the Met do, the PSNI can do better ...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-64326647
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Two retired Metropolitan Police officers have been charged with offences related to the possession of images showing child sex abuse as part of an investigation into a serving chief inspector who was found dead before he was charged.

Jack Addis, 63, of no fixed address and Jeremy Laxton, 62, from Lincolnshire, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 9 February.

Both left the Metropolitan Police more than a decade ago.

Addis is charged with conspiracy to distribute or show indecent images of children.

Laxton is charged with conspiracy to distribute or show indecent images of children, three counts of making indecent photos of a child, possession of prohibited images of a child, possession of extreme pornographic images and intentionally encouraging or assisting an offence (misconduct in public office).

The alleged offences took place between 1 January 2018 and 20 September 2021.
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S-H wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2023 3:11 pm https://news.sky.com/story/two-retired- ... s-12790331

Two retired Metropolitan Police officers have been charged with offences related to the possession of images showing child sex abuse as part of an investigation into a serving chief inspector who was found dead before he was charged.

Jack Addis, 63, of no fixed address and Jeremy Laxton, 62, from Lincolnshire, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 9 February.

Both left the Metropolitan Police more than a decade ago.

Addis is charged with conspiracy to distribute or show indecent images of children.

Laxton is charged with conspiracy to distribute or show indecent images of children, three counts of making indecent photos of a child, possession of prohibited images of a child, possession of extreme pornographic images and intentionally encouraging or assisting an offence (misconduct in public office).

The alleged offences took place between 1 January 2018 and 20 September 2021.
You can add another one to the list who thankfully has shuffled off this ball of clay ...

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/21062047/ ... es-charge/
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https://news.sky.com/story/met-police-s ... s-12795025
Two to three criminal cases against officers are expected to go to court every week in the coming months, the Met Police commissioner has revealed.

Sir Mark Rowley apologised to the victims of former officer David Carrick and said the public should "prepare for more painful stories as we confront cases that… corrupt our integrity".

Speaking at a meeting of the London Assembly's Police and Crime Committee, Sir Mark said the force had not "applied the same level of ruthlessness" to upholding its integrity as it applied to fighting crime.

He also said that the Met will "probably find many cases where we got it wrong" in their review of hundreds of officers historically accused of sexual offences and domestic abuse.
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Another institution that needs a Royal Commission opened up.

If you’ve been a victim of sexual assault, why would you report it to the Met right now?
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Not exactly helping themselves are they, yet another slip up https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-b ... e-64365709
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Oh come on, that's a ****ing reach.
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sendô wrote: Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:42 pm Oh come on, that's a ****ing reach.
If only the random password generator had gone past the "B's" on that day..... damn.
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In other police news Maegan Hall of Tennessee was recently sacked for having affairs with several other officers.

Now a local strip club has offered her $10k to do a couple of shows so it just goes to show you that as one door closes.......

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https://news.sky.com/story/tyre-nichols ... g-12796236

Can’t think why this isn’t getting the usual attention on here and publicity in general!
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Macca1973 wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:06 am https://news.sky.com/story/tyre-nichols ... g-12796236

Can’t think why this isn’t getting the usual attention on here and publicity in general!
This is going to be a real test to see how this plays out through the eyes of the media.
By the way, judging by the poor lads name, they’ll not want to over inflate this story.
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sendô wrote: Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:42 pm Oh come on, that's a ****ing reach.
It is nonsense stories like this that clearly don't help the situation
It just dilutes opinion of actual real issues
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Macca1973 wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:06 am https://news.sky.com/story/tyre-nichols ... g-12796236

Can’t think why this isn’t getting the usual attention on here and publicity in general!
It is pretty big news in the US, to the extent Biden has had to urge for calm
and is being carried on the front page of BBC, Sky etc over here
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Good to see all 5 have been sacked immediately.
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sendô wrote: Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:42 pm Oh come on, that's a ****ing reach.
Depends how high up the tree is.
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Macca1973 wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:06 am https://news.sky.com/story/tyre-nichols ... g-12796236

Can’t think why this isn’t getting the usual attention on here and publicity in general!
I always said that the whole race thing with the George Floyd murder was misguided. It wasn't a racist killing, it was how some police in the USA act towards not just black people but everyone. Just some examples here:











Their training and understanding on the law and the Constitution (which is part of the oath they swear as police officers) is woeful. There's weekly lawsuits against the police which run into thousands and sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars for police misconduct. What needs to be borne in mind is that this is tax-payer's money that's used for these payouts. In many cases the police aren't prosecuted and they're even protected from civil claims because they have what's known as "qualified immunity" which basically protects police unless they have acted incompetently or knowingly acted unlawfully.
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