CPS officer from Wales jailed after leaking files to organised criminals

Rachel Simpson from Newport accessed computer systems to obtain information about police drugs operations

A Crown Prosecution Service officer who leaked sensitive files about complex police investigations that were passed to members of organised crime gangs has been jailed for six years.

Rachel Simpson, 39, from Newport in south Wales, repeatedly accessed CPS and crown court computer systems searching for information about investigations into major police drugs operations and money laundering.