Stenhousemuir Pensioner Jailed After Amassing over Two Million Child Sex Abuse Images

83-year-old jailed after police find more than 2 million images across his devices, with over 805,000 depicting child SA

Alan MacPherson, an 83-year-old pensioner from Stenhousemuir, has been sentenced to four years in prison after being found in possession of what is reportedly believed to be the largest collection of child sexual abuse material ever seized by police in Scotland. As reported by BBC, the discovery occurred during a raid on his home in 2025, where authorities reportedly uncovered more than two million images stored across a variety of electronic de…

Scotland’s most prolific paedophile jailed over huge collection of child sexual abuse material

An 83-year-old man from Stenhousemuir has received a four-year prison sentence after accumulating what police believe to be the biggest haul of child sexual abuse imagery ever recovered by Police Scotland.Alan MacPherson had in excess of two million images stored across multiple electronic devices when officers raided his property in 2025.Sheriff Mayram Labaki, sitting at Falkirk Sheriff Court, described the magnitude of his offending as "except…

Pensioner with 'largest hoard' of child abuse images found in Scotland jailed

The 83-year-old from Stenhousemuir was found to have more than two million images on a number of devices.

Scotland's worst paedophile behind bars over horrific two million image haul

Alan MacPherson, 83, was snared at his home in Stenhousemuir

Stenhousemuir pensioner jailed after amassing over two million child sex abuse images

A pensioner who amassed what’s thought to be the largest collection of child sexual abuse material ever seized by police in Scotland was sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday.

Pensioner who amassed largest collection of child sex abuse material seized by police jailed

Alan MacPherson, 83, had over two million images stored on devices, many of which were categorised as the most serious kind