A pervert pensioner who was caught with more than 370,000 horrific child abuse images has been spared a jail sentence. Leslie Rutherford, 66, spent two decades trawling the internet for the sick haul of photos and videos depicting children being sexually abused by adults.
Police raided Rutherford's home in Edinburgh last year following a tip off and seized several electronic devices. Cyber crime officers discovered the vile OAP had downloaded a total of 373,123 sickening images including 464 rated as Category A - the worst end of the spectrum.Rutherford pled guilty to possessing indecent images of children between 1999 and last year when he appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court last month and he returned for sentencing on Friday.Lawyer
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