`Tomorrow Never Dies` actor goes on the run from police charges

Adam Barker, 38, went on the run just as he was about to be formally charged for alleged child porn offences - reports ThisIsLondon.

Barker played a sonar operator in the 1997 James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies".



The actor, who is unmarried, was originally detained as part of Operation Ore, the nationwide investigation into child pornography on the internet. Detectives who raided his home in Ealing are said to have found 1,200 pictures of child pornography on his computer.

As detectives step up the hunt, details of his disappearance have been circulated on the Police National Computer. It is not known whether he has been in contact with his father, Ronnie Barker, the star of comedy classics such as Porridge, Open All Hours and The Two Ronnies.

He was originally arrested in June last year by officers of the Metropolitan Police's child abuse investigation team. His name had been on a list of 7,000 suspects passed to UK police by the US postal investigation service after an internet porn ring was smashed. His computer was removed for examination but a backlog of cases meant it was 12 months before the work was completed. After reviewing the case police decided there was enough evidence for a prosecution.

Thanks to `JP` for the alert.

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