Ex-Met Police officer is spared jail after admitting making indecent images of a child 

A disgraced former Metropolitan Police officer has avoided an immediate jail sentence after he was convicted of making indecent images of a child.

PC Daniel Babbs, from Redhill, Surrey, resigned from the force in November 2021 after he pleaded guilty to three counts of making an indecent photograph of a child and one count of possessing a prohibited image of a child.

A misconduct hearing by the Met Police force has concluded that Babbs would have been dismissed without notice had he not already resigned as an officer. 

Prior to his resignation, Babbs had been attached to the Met’s Forensic Services department.

PC Daniel Babbs, from Redhill, Surrey, resigned from the force in November 2021 after he pleaded guilty to three counts of making an indecent photograph of a child and one count of possessing a prohibited image of a child (stock image)

Babbs was sentenced last month on October 7 at Guildford Magistrates’ Court to six months in prison which was suspended for 18 months. 

He was also handed a seven-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order, a 10-year notification order and he was also ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work and to pay a £425 fine.

The disgraced former officer was arrested on September 7, 2021, and following an examination of his electronic devices further indecent images were found. 

He resigned from the Met two months after his arrest and was charged on June 26, 2022, before he pleaded guilty to the charges a month later.

At a hearing held at the Empress State Building (pictured) on Wednesday, November 16, former PC Babbs was found to have breached the standards of Discreditable Conduct at the level of Gross Misconduct and would have been dismissed without notice had he not resigned

At a hearing held at the Empress State Building on Wednesday, November 16, former PC Babbs was found to have breached the standards of Discreditable Conduct at the level of Gross Misconduct and would have been dismissed without notice had he not resigned.

Chris Porter, Director of Forensic Services, said: ‘We remain committed to ensuring that our workforce meets the highest levels of professionalism, and where we find this to not be the case, we will take appropriate action through the criminal courts and our own internal misconduct procedures.’

He will now be added to the Barred List held by the College of Policing. 

Those appearing on the list cannot be employed by police, local policing bodies (PCCs), the Independent Office for Police Conduct or His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services.