A former GP and paediatrician caught with one of the largest hauls of child sexual...

Published: 7:49 pm February 23, 2023
Updated: 9:56 am October 8, 2025
Former Children’s Doctor who had more than a million child abuse images jailed – UKNIP

A former GP and paediatrician caught with one of the largest hauls of child sexual abuse images the NCA has seen has been jailed for over two years.

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David Shaw, 48, from Taunton, Somerset, used anonymisation techniques on peer to peer sharing network Freenet to download indecent images of children (IIOC) but National Crime Agency investigators were able to establish his identity. 

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