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==Background== Burnside was 50 at the time of his conviction, and living at 45 Nant Drive in Oban.<ref name=otimes>[https://www.obantimes.co.uk/2018/07/31/oban-policeman-guilty-of-child-porn-charge/ Oban police officer guilty of child porn charges (The Oban Times)]</ref> He joined the police on March 21, 1998 and in 1990 began working in Oban where he remained throughout his career.<ref name=pjourn>[https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/1531753/oban-policeman-caught-with-indecent-images-of-children/ Oban policeman caught with indecent images of children (The Press & Journal)]</ref> In 1996 Burnside and three colleagues received a top award from the Chief Constable in Glasgow after saving a 62-year-old man from a fire in Oban.<ref name=sun>[https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/1714043/hero-scottish-cop-oban-arrested-indecent-images-children/ βHeroβ cop from tiny Scottish town arrested for possessing indecent images of children (The Scottish Sun)]</ref> He also needed treated for smoke inhalation following failed attempts to save an elderly man from a fire in Cawdor Terrace, Albany Street, Oban on December 19, 1995.<ref name=hscot>[http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12071564.Man_dies_in_Oban_firen/ Man dies in Oban firen (Herald Scotland)]</ref> In 2011 he jumped off the town's Railway Pier late at night to rescue a teenaged boy in difficulty in the sea.<ref name=sun/> He was approaching retirement and posted a profile on LinkedIn calling himself "reliable and confident" and "looking for a new challenge".<ref name=linkedin>[https://uk.linkedin.com/in/darryl-burnside-991a61144 Darryl Burnside (LinkedIn)]</ref>
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