Two retired officers with the Metropolitan Police officers have admitted possession of thousands of child abuse images after a “lengthy and complex” investigation which was linked to a third officer who apparently committed suicide rather than face charges.
Jeremy Laxton, 63, who now lives in Lincolnshire, and Jack Addis, 63, from Perthshire in Scotland, admitted the charges during a hearing at Southwark Crown Court in London on Thursday and will be sentenced later in the year.
A third officer who was under suspicion, Richard Watkinson, 49, was found dead at his home in Prince’s Risborough, Buckinghamshire, in January, 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….