A man has been apprehended with a disturbing collection of child sex abuse images following a police raid at his residence. Allan MacLeod was caught after authorities received information that indecent material was being downloaded at his address. The police traced MacLeod through his Virgin Media internet subscription and swiftly acted by raiding his flat in Edinburgh.
According to the Record, more than 2000 vile images of child abuse were discovered on a seized computer unit. MacLeod, 35, appeared in court on Tuesday and pleaded guilty to possessing indecent images of children. Fiscal depute Jennifer McLaren revealed that cybercrime experts examined a system unit taken from MacLeod’s property. The court heard that 163 Category A, the most severe level, images were downloaded, along with 163 Category B stills and an additional 1956 at Category C.
Sheriff Ian Anderson has deferred MacLeod’s sentencing until next month for reports. In the meantime, MacLeod has been placed on the sex offender register on an interim basis.