Home Office security chief viewed child porn'

Home Office security chief responsible for Buckingham Palace 'viewed child porn'

• David Tracey, a Home Office security expert, arrested by Essex Police
  
• 48-year-old charged with four counts of making indecent images of children
  
• Tracey is believed to advise on security for Buckingham Palace
  

By
Sam Webb PUBLISHED; 11:22, 25 November 2012 UPDATED: 11:34, 25 November 2012

A Home Office civil servant who oversees security for Buckingham Palace security has been charged with viewing child pornography.
David
Tracey, 48,of Billericay, Essex, was arrested by officers from Essex
Police and charged with four counts of making indecent images of
children.
He works at the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism, a Whitehall unit that oversees strategy on thwarting terrorists.


Royals: David Tracey, who was charged with
making child abuse images, is reported to be responsible for advising
strategy to protect Royal residences, including Buckingham Palace

Sources told the Sunthat
Tracey had advised strategy on the protection of Royal palaces and
other important public buildings, including Downing Street and nuclear
sites.
Tracey appeared at
Southend Magistrates Court on November 14 and has been bailed to return
to Basildon Magistrates Court in January.

The newspaper reported that he has now been suspended from duty.






Terror targets: Tracey is also believed to be responsible for advising on security strategy at Number Ten and nuclear sites
The OSCT unit is part of the Home
Office and reports directly to Home Secretary Theresa May and
parliamentary under-secretary of state for crime and security James
Brokenshire.

Its primary
objective is to protect the public from terrorism by working with other
agencies and departments, including MI5, to evolve and implement the UK’s
counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST.

Tracey lives with his estranged wife, the newspaper reported.
Nobody at the Home Office was available for comment.

Source:-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2238117/Home-Office-security-chief-responsible-Buckingham-Palace-viewed-child-porn.html