STEvan McIntosh ARRESTED IN NORTH BERWICK FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD RAPE IMAGES

STEVAN MCINTOSH ARRESTED IN NORTH BERWICK FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD RAPE IMAGES

A man from North Berwick, Stevan McIntosh, was caught possessing child abuse images.

Police discovered the images after executing a raid on his home on Dundas Road in October 2023.

Edinburgh Sheriff Court was informed that the digital content on McIntosh’s mobile phone included several Category A images, signifying the most serious level of abuse.

Fiscal depute Chelsea Martin explained that officers arrived at the 64-year-old’s residence with a search warrant at approximately 7:30 pm on October 5, 2023.

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Martin stated that McIntosh was alone in the house and voluntarily surrendered his phone to the police.

Following a forensic analysis of the device, authorities identified 13 videos and 15 still images transmitted via WhatsApp, all depicting children being sexually abused.

The court was told that six images and ten videos, all classified as Category A, showed female children aged between five and 14 engaged in sexual activities with adults and other children.

Sheriff Derek O’Carroll ordered McIntosh to be placed on the sex offenders’ register on an interim basis.

The sheriff also deferred sentencing until next month to allow for social work assessments.

McIntosh appeared at the Capital Court on Tuesday, where he pleaded guilty to the offence of taking or permitting the taking of indecent images of children at his home from January 13, 2022, through October 5, 2023.