A former employee of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) was warned she faces a "significant prison sentence" after accessing unauthorised files. She wept as she was remanded in custody ahead of her sentencing.
Rachel Simpson, 39, of Newport, was working as a paralegal assistant when she was arrested by officers from the South Wales Police anti-corruption unit in June 2020. Evidence came to light the defendant had been accessing sensitive material and had on two occasions passed this material on to organised criminals.
Material found on encrypted phones seized from criminals led to the discovery of Simpson's offences. She appeared at Cardiff Crown Court on Thursday when she pleaded guilty to 29 counts of unauthorised access of a computer system, between 2016 and 2020, and two counts of misconduct in a public office.
