Two retired officers with the Metropolitan Police have been charged with offences in relation to child sex abuse images following the death of a serving chief inspector who was found dead last week.
Jack Addis, 63, and Jeremy Laxton, 62, will appear at Westminster magistrates court next month. Both are understood to have left the Met a decade ago.
The Met has confirmed a “lengthy and complex” investigation had targeted Richard Watkinson, 49, who was found dead at his home in Prince’s Risborough, Buckinghamshire, on the same day he was due to be charged with conspiracy to distribute or show indecent images of children, three counts of making indecent photos of a child, voyeurism, and two counts of misconduct in public office….