Former cop ‘was paid to hunt heirs on duty’

A former police sergeant accused of looting cash and property from the homes of dead people received payments from an ‘heir hunting’ firm while he was on duty, a court heard. Graeme ‘Taff’ Williams, 66, retired as a ‘sudden death co-ordinator’ in 2013 but continued to ‘volunteer’ in the role at Stoke Newington police station. His job was to find family members of the deceased and log their belongings and valuables. Williams is accused of stealing more than £10,000 and…