Overview
- Police say the alleged offending stretches over many years with reporting that investigators linked cases across more than a decade and described the findings as really shocking.
- Officers searched the suspect’s home in April and seized multiple mobile phones and a laptop that investigators say contained thousands of explicit images and videos used as forensic evidence.
- The officer was arrested in May on sexual assault allegations and was later found dead by suicide, which prevents a criminal trial from taking place.
- Investigators have identified several additional alleged victims, including multiple sex workers, after using internal computer access logs that showed the officer repeatedly viewed victim case files.
- Police have opened what they call one of Scotland’s largest anti-corruption probes, are urging anyone who may have been harmed to come forward, and plan internal reviews of record access and case-handling practices to address institutional failures.