Natalie Mottram has now been jailed after tipping off criminals about EncroChat
A series of incriminating messages exposed how a corrupt police analyst jeopardised one of the biggest and most successful criminal investigations ever undertaken by law enforcement agencies across the globe.
Criminals heard rumours but it wasn't until Mottram revealed the hack to a man suspected of being a major criminal - named in court as Liam France - that the underworld realised the game was up and they abandoned EncroChat for a new network, Sky EEC, which itself was breached earlier this year. Mottram also looked at Kay's associates and found he was linked to Liam France, who she learned was suspected of serious crime.
When she attempted to calm him down, he replied: "You panic over damp on a sill I might have soca investigating me so yeah I’m a little on edge babe." Bennett went on that their guest 'Nat' had said 'nothing is happening so u can relax a bit x'. Later that day, phone records showed Kay and France spoke again and in the afternoon the investigation revealed Mottram was again on her work laptop.
When Argey asked France how he knew of her, the court was told France replied 'she is best mates with JK bird bro' and 'I just no through her'. Kay messaged one of his contacts: “I no a lady who works for the police. This is not hearsay. Direct to me. They can access Encro software. And are using to intercept forearms only at the moment. There software runs 48 hours behind real time. So have ur burns one day max. And try to avoid giving postcodes over it.”
Mottram let herself in with a key. The investigation revealed that, that afternoon, Kay used a Sky EEC device to message a contact named 'TheBigAxlerod' to collect £150,000 from Kay. Kay then met France in the car park of Morrisons on Warrington where they spoke for 20 minutes before driving away. Jailing Mottram at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday, Judge Neil Flewitt KC told her: "It's a tragedy that as a result of these offences you have lost your reputation, your career and you must now lose your liberty.
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