The 40-year-old former National Crime Agency (NCA) officer pleaded guilty to the six charges at Southwark Crown Court today.
An intelligence officer at 'Britain's FBI' with access to the dark web faces jail after viewing hundreds of indecent images of children on his work computer.
Judge Cole told him: 'As you well know, this is a very serious batch of offences and the likely sentence is immediate custody.'Former NCA officer Adam Taylor 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. File photo
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE How paedophiles get married to hide in plain sight and live 'respectable' lives to 'shield' themselves from police He made 221 category A images - the highest category of seriousness - and hundreds of category B and C images between May 2012 and April 2022.Taylor, of Waltham Abbey, Essex, was bailed unconditionally ahead of his sentencing hearing.
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