Graham McKerchar appeared at Stirling Sheriff Court for sentencing after it was revealed he had collected over 56,000 photos and videos of children being abused, dating as far back as January 1998.
A Stirling man has been jailed for three years, after spending nearly a quarter of a century amassing a library of tens of thousands of images of child sexual abuse.McKerchar, 48, began downloading the horrific images in the early days of the internet in January 1998 and carried on until his house near Stirling’s Kings Park was raided by police, acting on information received, in September 2021.
McKerchar, of Parkdyke, Stirling, appeared for sentence at Stirling Sheriff Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty in July to distributing and downloading child porn. A spokesperson said: “This individual worked with Stirling Council between 1993 and 1995, prior to the 24 year period in question.”Appealing for him not to be jailed, he said McKerchar had voluntarily taken an online course, titled “Stop It Now!”, dedicated to preventing child sexual abuse, and now understood the damage of his actions.
Imposing the 36 month jail term, Sheriff Derek Hamilton said McKerchar’s offending had been “serious” and “stretched over 23 years”, and he had downloaded and catalogued over 56,000 images.Sheriff Hamilton said: “Each photograph represents a serious abuse of the child depicted and those who access this material through the internet bear a responsibility for the abuse by creating a demand.“You downloaded images over a lengthy period and onto various devices.
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