A retired Renfrewshire fireman has been caught with over 1,000 images and videos of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

Roger Hoiles was snared after police received information that a device linked to his home in Neilston was connected to the internet and contained the horrific material.

The 78-year-old, who worked as a fireman for 25 years, admitted yesterday, October 24, that he was in possession of indecent images of children on a Samsung mobile phone and stored on a memory card that he kept in his wallet.

Hoiles also “distributed” the sick material by sending it to others on WhatsApp, the Paisley Daily Express reports .

Procurator fiscal depute Alyson McLaughlan told Paisley Sheriff Court that police received information on July 28 last year that a device was connected to t

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