Dad jailed while son walks free
A DAD snared with indecent images of children was jailed for 14 months while his pervert son also found with sick images walked free from court.
Andrew Clark, 66, and Adam Clark, 34, had their property in Rutherglen raided in March 2019.
Various devices seized from the pair contained over 1580 pictures of children aged between four and 16.
Andrew, a widower, also wrote erotic fiction about kids and used photo editing software to create sick images.
The pair pleaded guilty separately at Glasgow Sheriff Court to taking or permitting to be taking indecent photographs of children.
Andrew further admitted possession of indecent photographs and distributing the images.
He was put on the
Sex Offenders Register (SOR) indefinitely as well as being locked up at sentencing.
But Adam was put under supervision and the SOR for three years by Sheriff Andrew Cubie.
The court heard police received information that an IP address from the house had searched for indecent images.
Two “unbranded tower units” belonging to him were found to contain still and moving images.
Adam told officers: “I may have been looking at things I shouldn’t have.”
Andrew was found to have still and moving images across DVDs, two laptops, memory cards and a pen drive.
Prosecutor Hannah Sweeney: “The images contained pre and post pubescent male and female children aged between seven and 16.”
HUNDREDS of new jobs are set to be created as part of a new regeneration project as part of the Glasgow City Deal.
Construction of the Clyde Waterfront and Renfrew Riverside project is set to start in spring if a new report is approved by Renfrewshire Council’s Leadership Board next week.
The initiative is set to bring scores of new jobs to the Renfrewshire area as well as a much-needed boost to local suppliers.
Planning approval is already in place for a road bridge across the River Clyde between Renfrew and the boundary of Glasgow and West Dunbartonshire.
Residents will also be able to take advantage of a new road through Renfrew as well as walking and cycling connections between Renfrew and Yoker.
Renfrewshire Council Leader Iain Nicolson said: “The impact of Coronavirus on the local economy is being keenly felt by our many brilliant businesses and many people have faced redundancy and unemployment, so it is hugely significant that the Clyde Waterfront project presents an opportunity we can seize upon now of much-needed jobs and opportunities for work and skills.
“To have the project finalised and the contract ready to award is a major boost to our local economy and will help sustain and protect people’s jobs, a lifeline to suppliers and the construction sector. Completing construction will in turn open up access to development sites along the River Clyde, bringing more jobs, opportunities and affordable homes on our doorstep, connecting communities to jobs, hospitals and education centres and create an attractive area along the waterfront.
“The strategic significance of Clyde waterfront cannot be underestimated in accelerating our economic recovery.”