Chief inspector found dead at his home was ‘in paedophile ring with two retired officers

Two retired Met Police officers were involved in a paedophile ring with a serving chief inspector who was found dead at his home, a court heard. Richard Watkinson, 49, was due to appear in court on January 12 – the day his body was discovered in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire. Two retired Met officers, Jack Addis, 63, from Perthshire, Scotland, and Jeremy Laxton, 62, from Grantham, Lincolnshire were accused with him. The charges include conspiracy to distribute or show indecent images…