A hospital worker in Dundee has been jailed after police discovered a vast collection of child pornography on his computers, including images of a newborn baby with its umbilical cord still attached.
Scott Wallace, 33, an assistant technical officer with NHS Tayside, was arrested during a raid on his home last June. Officers found nearly one million pornographic images, of which more than 8,000 were indecent images of children, alongside over ten hours of videos showing child abuse.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard that one image depicted a newborn baby with hospital name tags still on its ankle and a clip on the umbilical cord. Other images showed children as young as two months being subjected to abuse.
Wallace, who delivered medication to hospital wards including those treating children, pleaded guilty to possessing indecent images of children between December 2009 and June 2014. He told police: 'Deep apologies, curiosity got the better of me.'
Sheriff George Way deferred sentencing for social work reports and remanded Wallace in custody, stating he needed to be satisfied that Wallace was not a danger before considering bail.
