Darryl Burnside is a retired police officer from Oban in Scotland. Once hailed as a hero, at the end of his career he was caught with child pornography.
Background
Burnside was 50 at the time of his conviction, and living at 45 Nant Drive in Oban.[1] He joined the police on March 21, 1998 and in 1990 began working in Oban where he remained throughout his career.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] In 2011 he jumped off the town's Railway Pier late at night to rescue a teenaged boy in difficulty in the sea.[3] He was approaching retirement and posted a profile on LinkedIn calling himself "reliable and confident" and "looking for a new challenge".[5]
Crimes
Online criminal Burnside collected child pornography at the home he shared with his wife from September 13, 2016, to October 13, 2017.[2] An IP address associated with the premises also visited a website used by paedophiles on at least one occasion.[1] He collected three videos rated category A, which is the worst category, and 52 category C, one category B, and three category A images.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oban police officer guilty of child porn charges (The Oban Times)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Oban policeman caught with indecent images of children (The Press & Journal)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 ‘Hero’ cop from tiny Scottish town arrested for possessing indecent images of children (The Scottish Sun)
- ↑ Man dies in Oban firen (Herald Scotland)
- ↑ Darryl Burnside (LinkedIn)