Cruel cop stole iPad and phones from dead Paisley dad

A callous cop who stole a dead dad’s iPad and phones from his home has been branded the “lowest of the low” by his grieving son.

Officer Alan Sneddon was called out to John Green’s property in Paisley to investigate his sudden death in June 2023.

John was just 58 when he suffered a fatal heart attack.

But John’s son, John Jnr, noticed the items were missing shortly after and decided to use an app to trace the devices.

The handsets and tablet were quickly located at a property in Barmill, Ayrshire which - to John’s disgust was later confirmed to be Sneddon’s home.

John, 40, told our sister title, the Daily Record: “The police are supposed to protect the public, not steal things from them.

“And, to make things worse, it was a dead man’s belongings.

“He’s the lowest of the low.

“He took dad’s iPad and a brand new Samsung S23 ultra that had only been delivered to him a few days before he passed away.

“God knows if anything else went missing, like money or anything else from the house that I wouldn’t have known was there.

“My dad told me his passwords years ago and I’m glad he did because I was able to sign into his accounts to be able to track his things down.

“Then I gave the tracking info to the police.”

Sneddon, 47, pleaded guilty to the thefts at Paisley Sheriff Court last month.

He is due to be sentenced later in April.

Now John, who works for Sainsbury’s, worries that his dad was not Sneddon’s first victim.

He continued: “It makes me wonder how many people has he done this to in the past, or was this a one off occurrence?

“We will probably never know.

“At the end of the day, I just wanted to see justice served.”

John said that despite Sneddon’s cruel actions adding to the strain of his dad’s death, he has never received any form of apology from the officer or the force.

He added: “My dad died and the officer sent to investigate stole from him.

“I had to contact the police and report this while I was grieving and nobody’s ever had the decency to say sorry.”

Graeme Pearson, former Director General of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, slammed Sneddon’s crime as “horrifying”.

He said: “This socalled policeman has made it difficult for all the hardworking officers to do their job, because they will face all sorts of comments on the back of this.

“Officers are out there every day of the week trying to do the right thing, and a clown like him wastes it for them.

“Thankfully such officers are few and far between but, unfortunately, they do crop up.

“One could only hope that the force would investigate the officer’s background, with a view to ascertaining if there were any other incidents of suspicion.”

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We are aware of the outcome in court and the circumstances will be considered by the Professional Standards Department.”

The police are supposed to protect the public, not steal things from them... he is the lowest of the low