Stenhousemuir pensioner had 'quite possibly' the largest collection of child sex abuse material ever seen by Police Scotland

Pensioner had more than two million child abuse images - the largest haul seized by Police Scotland

Falkirk Sheriff Court heard that the size of the hoard recovered from MacPherson's home in Stenhousemuir, Stirlingshire, had “overwhelmed” officers' capacity to check and categorise it.

Pensioner had 'largest hoard' of child abuse images to be seized in Scotland

Alan MacPherson, 83, from Stenhousemuir, amassed two million indecent images, believed to be the biggest such collection ever seized by Scottish Police.

Stenhousemuir pensioner had 'quite possibly' the largest collection of child sex abuse material ever seen by Police Scotland

A pensioner who amassed what's thought to be the largest collection of child sexual abuse material ever seized by police in Scotland has been remanded in custody.