HIGHLAND MAN HAD SICK COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 45,000 INDECENT IMAGES OF CHILDREN
Nearly 75-year-old Andrew Matthews had been hoarding in excess of 45,000 illegal images of children and around 60 hours of disturbing videos over a span of almost a quarter of a century.Police officers executing a search at his Lochcarron home on January 13 last year found several electronic devices, including a computer, discs, USB sticks, and hard drives, which contained the incriminating content.
Matthews admitted to owning the material from August 2001 through January 2025.
The evidence revealed children as young as one year old in the videos, with nearly a thousand images depicting the most severe abuse, categorized as category A.
After being cautioned and charged, he was registered as a sex offender, with the length of the sentence to be decided at sentencing.
He remains on bail and is due to return to court next month.
