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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Cooper

Ex-police worker who shared photograph of dead body admits misconduct charge

A police control-room worker has admitted a misconduct charge after using his personal mobile phone to take a picture of the body of a teenager who was hit by a train.

Ex-British Transport Police employee Joshua Tilt, who is understood to have shared the image via WhatsApp, will face sentence in December after pleading guilty to misconduct in public office by photographing a computer screen showing an image of 18-year-old RAF Cadet Lewis Williams.

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