Police witness on perjury charge

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A computer analyst who has given expert testimony in highly-sensitive court cases has been charged with perjury.

Jim Bates has served as a police witness in dozens of cases related to Scotland Yard's inquiry into internet child pornography, Operation Ore.

The Crown Prosecution Service told BBC News he was charged on Friday with one count of perjury and two offences of making false statements.

He has been bailed to appear before magistrates in Leicester on 7 December.