A Met special constable who called himself “Curious Cat 007” as he bought a gun on the Dark Web had researched the murder of schoolboy Rhys Jones, the Old Bailey heard.
Dwain Osborne, 26, ordered a Glock 19mm pistol and 100 rounds of ammunition on a black market website.
He downloaded sophisticated software to mask the illicit purchase.
However, Osborne, a volunteer Met special constable whose day job was as a £22,000-a-year librarian at Brixton Prison, ordered the firearm from an undercover agent in the US.
The National Crime Agency were tipped off and officers raided Osborne’s home in Penge after a fake gun was delivered in October last year.
Prosecutor Tom Forster said the small-time cocaine dealer had searched “Rhys Jones gun” — relating to the 11-year-old shot dead in Liverpool in 2007. And while setting up the gun deal, he asked: “I was looking for a gun, preferably 9mm with ammo available.”
He paid using BitCoins and had the gun disguised as a digital radio.
The former librarian pleaded guilty to firearm and ammunition charges.
He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced at a later date.
