Edinburgh IT expert caught with sickening abuse images

A computer specialist has been placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register after admitting to possessing indecent images of children.

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IT expert Moray Easdale, 54, collected the horrific images of children being sexually abused by adults over a seven year period.

The pervert also pleaded guilty to possessing quantities of pornographic images depicting in an explicit and realistic way, bestiality – sex acts involving humans and animals.

Pervert: Moray Easdale

Easdale, of Slateford, Edinburgh, admitted the two charges when he appeared in the dock at the city’s sheriff court.

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Sheriff Douglas Keir said that Easdale had committed “a very disturbing offence” and placed him on the Sex Offenders’ Register for a term still to be determined.

The sheriff granted Easdale bail and deferred full sentence to later this year.

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Easdale pleaded guilty to possessing indecent images of children and extreme pornographic images of bestiality at his home address between October 24, 2013 and February 1 this year.

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