Paramedic struck off for downloading indecent images of children

A paramedic has been struck off after being convicted of making indecent photos or pseudo-photos of children.

Jason Williams has been struck off the Health Professions Council (HPC) Register following the conviction at Lincoln Crown Court.

The HPC panel heard that the 41-year-old former East Midlands Ambulance Service employee downloaded 552 indecent images of children from a German-based website.

Williams, formerly of Pettit Way , Fishtoft near Boston, Lincolnshire, pleaded guilty to the charges.

He received a community order of 36 months and was given a supervision order, requiring him to attend a community group work programme for sex offenders, and ordered to sign the sex offender’s register for five years.

HPC panel chairman Ian Griffiths said: “The Registrant as a paramedic is inevitably going to come into contact with vulnerable patients and children, and there remains a future risk with regard to Jason Williams’ conduct.

“The Panel considers that any offence relating to child pornography involves some degree of exploitation or abuse of a child, and a conviction for such an offence is a serious matter which undermines public trust in the registrant and the profession concerned.”