Galashiels pensioner caught with indecent images of children after attempting to meet 12-year-old girl

A pensioner from Galashiels has admitted attempting to meet a 12-year-old girl, and asking her to send him "naughty" pictures.

Brian Edwards arranged to meet the person he knew as "Olivia", at the town's Transport Interchange in April last year and told her, if anyone asked, to tell them she was his granddaughter.

The then 67-year-old, who also asked about sharing a bed and whether she would be wearing sexy underwear, called her a "naughty sweetheart" and told her "age was only a number".

But Edwards, now 68 - who continued with his depraved chat over a number of days - had been communicating with an undercover police officer, who had set up a fake profile online, which attracted his attention.

And when officers raided his home in Tulley Court they found more than a hundred indecent images of children on a mobile phone.

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Edwards solicitor, Ed Hulme said his client had an acquired brain injury due to past alcohol abuse.

Sheriff Peter Paterson deferred sentence for background reports until April 29th and Edwards was placed on the Sex Offenders Register meantime.

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