July 2022 Nairn paedophile breaks notification requirements by not telling police he had a new bank card A child sex offender ended up in the dock at Inverness Sheriff Court after failing to tell police he had a new bank card. Edward Crookes, from Claymore Gardens, Nairn, is subject to the notification requirements of the Sexual Offences 2003 act. Back in 2012 he admitted possessing more than 1200 indecent images of children. The conviction meant he had to inform officers of any changes to his address or personal details within three days of them changing. He had attended an annual notification review with the police on June 4, 2021 when they noticed his bank card details did not match the records that officers had, the court heard. The 61-year-old had the same account but a new bank card had been issued. Sheriff Ian Cruickshank asked: “It was just a new card? But the same account?” Mr Wilson confirmed it was and the sheriff admonished Crookes. December 2012 Child abuse images collector locked up over 1,200 pictures A pervert branded a “serious risk to children” was jailed yesterday after being caught with hundreds of indecent images of children. Edward Crookes, 52, pleaded guilty to having 1,246 obscene pictures – 60 of which were at the most serious end of the scale – over a three-month period. And it was revealed in court yesterday that Crookes had been convicted in court of indecent practices towards a child in 1999. October 2012 Child sex offender had 1,200 indecent photos A man was placed on the sex offenders register yesterday after admitting possession of more than 1,200 indecent images of children. Of the 1,246 images downloaded by 52-year-old Edward Crookes over a three-month period, 60 were at level five – the most extreme end of the scale. Crookes, of the Royal Hotel, Dingwall, was caught when a relative of his partner found the images on her work laptop and took them to the police.