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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andy Gregory

Former GP jailed after being caught with one of largest-ever hauls of indecent images of children

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A former GP and paediatrician caught with one of the largest collections of child sexual abuse images ever discovered by the National Crime Agency (NCA) has been jailed for just over two years.

David Shaw, a 48-year-old from Taunton, Somerset, was found to be in possession of more than 1.2 million indecent images of children, having used anonymisation techniques on a peer-to-peer network to try to hide his activities.

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