A former teacher was caught with more than 26,000 grotesque child abuse images.
Andrew McLean's reputation is in tatters after he was caught with the huge haul of images, featuring children aged between one and 16.
When officers went to his home acting on intelligence about what he had been up to, he gave them three hard drives. On them were 72 of the most serious, category A images, 223 category B and 25,778 category C pictures and videos. He had downloaded them between 2014 and 2021.