Jessica police officer charged over child porn

The police officer who comforted the parents of murdered schoolgirl Jessica Chapman has been charged with offences relating to the possession of indecent images of children.

Detective Constable Brian Stevens, 41, will appear before magistrates in Bury St Edmunds today with another officer who worked on the Soham murder inquiry.

Pc Antony Goodridge has also been charged with offences relating to the possession of indecent images of children.

Both officers have been suspended from duty.

Stevens and Goodridge, 34, were arrested early on Thursday and police said both would remain in custody overnight.

The officers were arrested by detectives from West Midlands Police.

The investigation is part of a worldwide inquiry which is being led by the FBI in the United States.

The British National Crime Squad has been coordinating the operation in the UK.

Cambridgeshire police said the parents of both murdered girls had been informed of the development.