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| Policeman jailed over child porn | Policeman jailed over child porn |
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| A former police officer has been jailed for four years and four months for possessing and distributing thousands of indecent images of children. | A former police officer has been jailed for four years and four months for possessing and distributing thousands of indecent images of children. |
| Iain Duncan was arrested days after starting work as a child protection officer with Strathclyde Police. | Iain Duncan was arrested days after starting work as a child protection officer with Strathclyde Police. |
| At the High Court in Glasgow the judge, Lord Turnbull, said the court must do what it could to express the "total public abhorrence" of cases of abuse. | |
| He said each image involved a "live and vulnerable" child or infant. | He said each image involved a "live and vulnerable" child or infant. |
| Some of the stills and moving images seized from Duncan's computer showed children younger than three years being sexually abused. | Some of the stills and moving images seized from Duncan's computer showed children younger than three years being sexually abused. |
| Lord Turnbull continued: "Those, like you, who are willing to take possession of such images bear an indirect responsibility for the acts which are perpetrated on these young victims by creating a demand for the photographs and thus for commission of the abuse itself." | Lord Turnbull continued: "Those, like you, who are willing to take possession of such images bear an indirect responsibility for the acts which are perpetrated on these young victims by creating a demand for the photographs and thus for commission of the abuse itself." |
| Duncan was caught after a police operation in Surrey which resulted in a paedophile being charged with possession and distribution of indecent images of children. | |
| Subsequent investigations revealed e-mail addresses of fellow paedophiles with whom he had been exchanging the images. One of them was identified as Duncan. | |
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| Strathclyde Police said Duncan, 28, was dealt with immediately when the offence came to light. | |
| The force said officers working in family protection units were subject to the same checks as all officers. | |
| A statement from the force said: "This individual was one week into a short secondment to the unit to allow him to be evaluated as to his suitability. | A statement from the force said: "This individual was one week into a short secondment to the unit to allow him to be evaluated as to his suitability. |
| "Throughout this time he was accompanied and supervised by an experienced unit officer. | "Throughout this time he was accompanied and supervised by an experienced unit officer. |
| "By all accounts he appeared to be a settled family man who was a competent officer for his service level. There was no overt indication that he was involved in such matters." | "By all accounts he appeared to be a settled family man who was a competent officer for his service level. There was no overt indication that he was involved in such matters." |