Accused ex cops in court

Two retired Met Police officers accused of involvement in a paedophile ring with a serving chief inspector have appeared in court. Richard Watkinson, 49, was due to appear in court on January 12 – the day his body was discovered in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire. Former Met officers, Jack Addis, 63, from Perthshire, Scotland, and Jeremy Laxton, 62, from Grantham, Lincolnshire, are both charged with conspiracy to distribute or show indecent images of children between January 2018 and July 2021. The…