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Last Updated: 25/09/2025
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North Yorkshire Police officer charged over indecent images of children

by John Plummer

| 25 Sept, 2025
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A North Yorkshire Police officer has been charged with three counts of possessing indecent images of children and five counts of voyeurism.

Paul Beckwith, 53, was arrested on November 17, 2024 on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children. 

He was immediately suspended from duties.

He was further arrested on March 13, 2025 regarding the suspected voyeurism and additional indecent images of children offences.

Mr Beckwith, of York, has been released on conditional bail and is due to appear at York Magistrates Court on October 29.

He left North Yorkshire Police at the beginning April 2025. None of the charges are believed to relate to his employment with the force.

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