The 40-year-old had more than 700 indecent images of children and another 200 of extreme pornography or bestiality on laptops, tablets and hard drives.
An intelligence officer has been jailed for using the dark web to view hundreds of indecent images of children on his work computer. Adam Taylor, from Waltham Abbey in Essex, admitted two counts of misconduct in a public office, three counts of making indecent photographs of children and one count of possessing an extreme pornographic image in June. The former National Crime Agency officer has now been jailed for 18 months.
More from Sky News:Nicola Adams addresses Olympics rowHuw Edwards mural removed Taylor was a grade five intelligence officer who had access to the dark web but his work did not require him to view images such as those found on his computer, the court head. He was arrested by the NCA's own anti-corruption unit after an IP address linked to his home was found to be accessing illegal content.
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