A POLICE child protection officer yesterday admitted downloading thousands of images of child pornography.
Iain Duncan, 28, pleaded guilty at the High Court in Glasgow to possessing 3,319 indecent images of children and 20 moving images.
Duncan, of Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow, also admitted sending and receiving 326 indecent images of youngsters.
The former constable with Strathclyde Police was also found with a six-minute video showing "graphic images" of babies being abused.
He was caught after a police operation in Surrey which uncovered an e-mail address he had been using. He has since resigned from the police, where he had been working in the family protection unit at the time of his arrest. His duties were believed to include taking statements from victims of abuse.
Mr Scullion said that when charged Duncan replied: "I know what I've done is wrong. I'm sorry. I'm ashamed."
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Iain Duncan, 28, pleaded guilty at the High Court in Glasgow to possessing 3,319 indecent images of children and 20 moving images.
Duncan, of Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow, also admitted sending and receiving 326 indecent images of youngsters.
The former constable with Strathclyde Police was also found with a six-minute video showing "graphic images" of babies being abused.
He was caught after a police operation in Surrey which uncovered an e-mail address he had been using. He has since resigned from the police, where he had been working in the family protection unit at the time of his arrest. His duties were believed to include taking statements from victims of abuse.
Mr Scullion said that when charged Duncan replied: "I know what I've done is wrong. I'm sorry. I'm ashamed."
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