Heddle, 61, was found to have stored 272,936 indecent images of children alongside 4,001 videos.
An ex-footballer who recorded videos of himself sexually assaulting a young girl in Thailand has been jailed for four years. Paedophile Ian Heddle, 61, was found to have stored 272,936 indecent images of children alongside 4,001 videos after being snared by police. Heddle was a midfielder for a number of Scottish clubs in the 1980s and 1990s, including Dunfermline Athletic and St Johnstone.
During a second police interview in September 2023, Heddle admitted he was the one abusing the girl. Police Scotland said the National Crime Agency liaised with Royal Thai Police to ensure the safeguarding of the child in Thailand and obtain a witness statement. Duncan Burrage, international liaison officer with the NCA, said: 'Offenders like Ian Heddle think that they won't get caught by travelling to the other side of the world to conduct child abuse.
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