Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC - formerly IPCC)
Police staff member charged following anti-corruption investigation
A Cheshire Constabulary employee is due to appear in court next month following an investigation into the alleged unauthorised disclosure of information.
Following an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) directed investigation, conducted by the National Crime Agency (NCA) on behalf of Cheshire Constabulary, Natalie Mottram has been charged with unauthorised access to computer material and perverting the course of justice.
The 22-year-old was based in Warrington and on secondment to the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit as an intelligence analyst at the time of the alleged offences.
A MAN responsible for bringing class A drugs from Liverpool into Cheshire has been jailed at Chester Crown Court. Christopher Pope was arrested on Wednesday, April 21, after officers taking part in a crackdown on county lines drug dealing stopped his grey Ford Focus on Northwich Road, Dutton. When being searched by officers the 38-year-old disclosed that he had drugs hidden in his buttocks. Pope was arrested at the scene on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class A drugs. Officers subsequently searched his home on Catalan Close, Winsford where they recovered more drugs from his wardrobe which were packaged up ready to sell.