February 2016 Airdrie dad faces jail after being caught with child abuse images stash A middle-aged Airdrie paedophile who was snared with a stash of child abuse images, some at the most severe level, is facing jail. Dad-of-two Alexander Leishman, 55, of Lady Wilson Street, Gartlea, pled guilty at Airdrie Sheriff Court last week to having the indecent photographs of young children. The offence took place at his home over a five-month period between November 2014 and April 2015. Grey-haired and smartly-dressed Leishman, a first offender, sat shame-faced in the dock as prosecutor Agnes Meek revealed the full extent of his crime. Ms Meek said: “At 7.45pm on April 28, 2015, police in possession of a search warrant and acting on information that indecent images of young children were being downloaded from Leishman’s home address went to the house. “Members of the cyber crime unit examined his mobile phone, personal computer and laptop and found indecent images on each. “They were seized and Leishman cautioned and charged. When questioned he made no comment. A full examination of all of the devices was carried out and the images categorised.” The court heard that there were more than 300 images found on one device, 223 on another, more than 200 on a third and a total of 47 video moving images. The photographs were of children aged from as young as three to 14. The images contained were of all three categories, including the worst type. Sheriff Morag Galbraith deferred sentence on Leishman until March 8 for a background report, including a assessment of the danger he poses to children. He was put on the sex offenders’ register and released on bail.