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This material was originally published on this site on 5 December 2013, and updated on 6 March 2014. It was removed from the website on 10 March 2014 comply with the terms of a contempt of court order. That order has now been revised and the material can be re-published. Sheila Roberts and Brian Adair were SOCA officers at the time of their arrest in March 2013 and have remained suspended from duty since that time.

5 December 2013

Following their arrest on 13 March 2013 on suspicion of Misconduct in a Public Office, two NCA officers, Sheila Roberts and Brian Adair, both 47, along with another man, Glyn Evans, 53, of Essex, have been charged today with offences under the Data Protection Act. 

The officers, who have been suspended from duty since March 2013, remain on bail for Misconduct in a Public Office. The NCA investigation, which is being supervised by the IPCC, is ongoing and we are therefore unable to comment further at this time. 

The NCA expects the highest standards of professionalism from all of its officers, and has a zero-tolerance approach to corruption. 

06 March 2014

Following their arrest on 13 March 2013 on suspicion of Misconduct in a Public Office, two NCA officers, Sheila Roberts and Brian Adair, both 47, along with another man, Glyn Evans, 53, of Essex,  were charged on 5 Dec 2013 with offences under the Data Protection Act. 

The charges under the DPA are currently before St Alban’s Crown Court. However on advice from the CPS, received on 4 March 2014, prosecutions in respect of the allegation of Misconduct in a Public Office have been withdrawn.  The NCA officers remain suspended and internal discipline proceedings are pending.  We are therefore unable to comment further at this time.

The NCA expects the highest standards of professionalism from all of its officers, and has a zero-tolerance approach to corruption.