September 2014
Musselburgh pensioner jailed for downloading child sex images
A Musselburgh pensioner who was caught downloading child sex abuse images has been jailed for ten months.
Alan Kay watched the images at his home including a quantity that were classified as ‘Level 5’.
Kay (67) was said to be in possession of hundreds of images – most at the lowest end of the scale – but he had also viewed images considered to be the most disgusting.
The retired maintenance engineer had pleaded guilty to two offences when he appeared at Haddington Sheriff Court on July 28 and returned to the court for sentencing last Wednesday.
Solicitor Andrew Mellor said his retired client had committed the offences on the back of “drinking in the evening” and there was “no suggestion of any distribution” to other online paedophiles.
