A pervert was caught with a sick haul of child sex abuse images after a police raid on his home.Allan MacLeod was snared after cops received intelligence that indecent material was being downloaded at his address.Officers traced MacLeod after linking him to a Virgin Media internet subscription and swooped on his Edinburgh flat.More than 2000 vile images of child abuse were recovered from a seized computer unit.MacLeod, 35, appeared at the city’s sheriff court on Tuesday and pled guilty to possessing indecent images of youngsters.Fiscal depute Jennifer McLaren said MacLeod was at his home in the Niddrie area when police arrived at his door.Ms McLaren said cyber crime experts examined a system unit taken from the property.The court heard 163 Category A - the worst level - were found to have been downloaded.The prosecutor said there were also 163 Category B stills and another 1956 at Category C which had been downloaded.She added: “The images were found in different locations in different databases.“The file names were indicative of child abuse material.”Sheriff Ian Anderson deferred sentence on MacLeod until next month for reports.The sheriff placed MacLeod on the sex offender register on an interim basis until sentencing. Don't miss the latest news from around Scotland and beyond - Sign up to our daily newsletter here .
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