A police control-room worker has admitted a misconduct charge when he used his own mobile phone to take a picture of the body of a dead teenager who had been by a train. Ex-British Transport Police employee Joshua Tilt then shared the image via WhatsApp in a group and will face sentencing in December.
He pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office by photographing a computer screen that showed an image of 18-year-old RAF Cadet Lewis Williams. Police worker Tilt, of Lye Close Lane, Bartley Green, Birmingham, was granted unconditional bail at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday but he is likely to face a custodial sentence.
The 31-year-old admitted the charge which alleged that he wilfully misconducted himself by taking a picture of a photo, which he had access to, and chose to share it with other people with "no legitimate purpose for viewing or possessing it".
