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A retired fire chief has been placed on the sex offenders register after he was caught with child sex abuse images.
Jamie McMurtrie – who had 30 years service with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service – was found to have downloaded indecent images of children to his mobile phone when police raided his home on August 24 last year.
The former crew manager retired from duty in 2016 and had been working as a Heritage volunteer with the fire service between June 2022 and June this year.
McMurtrie, 58, admitted at Edinburgh Sheriff Court last month to possessing the pictures and he was back in the dock for sentencing on Thursday.
Sheriff Anderson placed McMurtrie on a six-month supervision order and issued a conduct requirement that prohibits him from owning devices that can access the internet without prior permission.
McMurtrie was also placed on the sex offenders register for six months and banned from having any contact with children under 18 unless authorised by his supervising officer.
