August 2023 Paedophile jailed after being caught with indecent images of children for second time An Aberdeen sex offender has been jailed after he was caught with indecent images of children for the second time. Alasdair Rae, 22, appeared in the dock at Aberdeen Sheriff Court and admitted having of scores of images and videos of children on his iPhone when police searched his home. Some of the children featured in the indecent material were as young as six. Rae, a registered sex offender, was handed a community payback order in 2021 after he was found with more than 30 hours of sick sexual videos featuring children between the ages of two and 15. Fiscal depute Lucy Simpson told the court that on July 12 last year police were alerted by the National Child Abuse Investigation Unit that Rae was in possession of indecent images and videos. A Snapchat account linked to him had uploaded content to the internet, she said. On August 9, police attended Rae’s home with a warrant and a search of the property was carried out. “A number of devices were found, which the accused confirmed all belonged to him,” Ms Simpson added. “Cybercrime officers attended and carried out preview examinations on the devices found at the locus that indicated the accused had indecent images and videos of children on his iPhone.” Officers found 12 Category A images and seven Category A videos, 30 Category B images and eight Category B videos and 57 Category C images and two Category C videos on his phone. The images and videos featured both boys and girls aged between six and 14 years old. The videos found had a total playtime of five hours and 23 minutes. Rae pleaded guilty to one charge of downloading indecent images of children and a second charge of being in possession of indecent images. Defence solicitor David Sutherland told the court that his client has previous convictions for similar offences dating back to June 2021. He added that he accepted that there were concerns highlighted about his client’s “lack of candour” regarding his offences within the social work report. “The options today are that either Mr Rae goes to prison or he’s given a further chance to carry out community-based work,” Mr Sutherland said. “It would be required to be a lengthy order but hopefully that would lead to a reduction in further offending.” But Sheriff Graham Buchanan noted Rae’s previous record for offending and the fact that his “attitude” towards his existing order “has been poor”. “I take the view that the only appropriate disposal is a period of imprisonment,” he added. Sheriff Buchanan sentenced Rae, of Farquhar Road, Aberdeen, to eight months in prison. He also placed Rae on the sex offenders register for 10 years. July 2021 Perv caught with nearly 32 hours of sick sexual videos featuring children A pervert was caught with more than 30 hours of sick videos featuring children between the ages of two and 15 being sexually abused, raped or torturd Alasdair Rae, 20, was at home with his parents and sister when police raided the property to execute a search warrant at 7.50 am on July 2 last year. Officers discovered hundreds of indecent images and videos of children on an iPad and iPhone belonging to Rae. They also discovered online chats between Rae and an account called “Olivia” discussing and exchanging illicit images of children. Fiscal depute Lynne MacVicar told Aberdeen Sheriff Court Rae confirmed the iPad and iPhone were his and said: “There’ll be stuff on them.” He was taken to Kittybrewster and interviewed under caution when he made “various admissions”. Police examined the devices and found internet searches for terms associated with indecent images of children. Police found 361 images and videos on the iPad, including more than 100 videos classed as category A, the most serious. On the iPhone 129 images and videos were found, including 28 category A videos. The total play length of the videos found on both devices was 31 hours and 54 minutes. Ms MacVicar added: “When the iPhone was examined, an instant message application ‘Telegram’ was found to be installed. “When this was examined, a chat was found between the accused and an account named “Olivia”, in which the accused and the user of the Olivia account discussed and exchanged illicit images of children.” The court heard the images and videos recovered featured children estimated to be between two and 15 years of age engaged in sexual activity and sexualised posing. Rae, of Dubford Place, Bridge of Don, pled guilty to three charges, including taking, permitting to be taken or making indecent images or pseudo-images of children  He also admitted possession of such images and distributing or showing such images to others The offences were committed at an address in Ellon or elsewhere. Sheriff Graham Buchanan deferred sentence for reports, and defence agent David Sutherland reserved mitigation until the sentencing hearing.