A former NCA officer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for making indecent images of children, possessing extreme images, and misconduct in a public office.
Forty-year-old Adam Taylor from Waltham Abbey was arrested by officers from the NCA’s Anti-Corruption Unit in April 2022, after it was established that an IP address linked to his home address was accessing illegal content.
Taylor, who joined the NCA in 2014 and was working as an intelligence officer at the time, was immediately suspended.
During searches of Taylor’s home address, a large number of laptops, tablets, USBs, hard drives, DVDs, CDs and other electronic storage devices were found. They contained more than 700 indecent images of children, and another 200 images of extreme pornography or bestiality.
Some images were found on a computer Taylor had been given for work purposes.
He was later dismissed from the NCA for gross misconduct.
At a hearing at Southwark Crown Court on 12 June, Taylor pleaded guilty to four counts relating to the images and two counts of misconduct in a public office. He was bailed until sentencing today, 2 August.
NCA Director General (Operations) Rob Jones said:
“The NCA is committed to protecting children from sexual abuse, wherever in the world it is happening. We are determined to ensure there is no safe haven for perpetrators, including and especially within law enforcement.
“NCA officers from our Anti-Corruption Unit carried out a meticulous, covert investigation which identified Taylor’s offending and ultimately brought him to justice.
“The NCA will work tirelessly to tackle corruption and breaches of our standards of professional behaviour, without fear or favour, wherever they occur.
“We welcome this custodial sentence which recognises the gravity of Taylor’s crimes.”
2 August 2024
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