The court heard that officers attended Watkinson’s home after he failed to answer bail
A Metropolitan Police chief inspector killed himself on the day he was to be charged over child sex abuse images, an inquest has heard. Richard Watkinson, who worked in neighbourhood policing in west London, was found dead at his home in Buckinghamshire on January 12 this year.
At an inquest at Buckinghamshire Coroner’s Court on Wednesday, Assistant Coroner Alison McCormick concluded that Watkinson’s death occurred “against the background context” of the police investigation. The court heard that officers attended Watkinson’s home in Saunderton, Princes Risborough, on January 12 after he failed to answer bail at Aylesbury police station.
She added that both a police and toxicology report concluded that there was no evidence of third-party involvement. In July, retired officers Jack Addis and Jeremy Laxton, both 63, were sentenced at Southwark Crown Court for conspiring with Watkinson to distribute or show indecent images of children.
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