Overview

• He faces three counts of possessing indecent images of children and five counts of voyeurism, according to North Yorkshire Police.
• He was charged on September 24 and released on conditional police bail, with a first court appearance set for October 29 at York Magistrates’ Court.
• Police say the allegations do not relate to his employment with the force, which he left in early April 2025.
• He was initially arrested on November 17, 2024, then arrested again on March 13, 2025 regarding suspected voyeurism and additional indecent image offences, and was suspended after the first arrest.
• Paul Beckwith previously acted as family liaison to Peter Lawrence during early appeals in the 2009 disappearance of Claudia Lawrence and later served as the force’s drone unit chief pilot.