A photographer accused of “making” and possessing child pornography kept his computer behind a locked door, a court has heard.
Kevin Emslie is currently on trial at Aberdeen Sheriff Court facing two charges relating to downloading and possessing indecent images of children.
The 46-year-old is alleged to have made the pictures between October 31, 2004, and October 11, 2015.
He is further accused of possessing the illicit images between December 28, 2008 and November 10, 2015.
Both offences are said to have taken place at his mother’s house on Beaconhill Road, Milltimber, and his current address on Newburgh Crescent, Aberdeen.
Emslie, a Press and Journal photographer, denies the charges against him.
During the first day of evidence yesterday the court heard officers were sent to carry out a search warrant at his mother’s address on November 10, 2015 but were unable to access his bedroom because it was locked.
They then searched the Newburgh Crescent property he shares with his partner and recovered a computer tower, a memory card for a camera, and the keys for the locked room.
In total, there were 156 indecent images found on both computers, the court heard.
Constable Jalees Ahmed, of the force’s cyber crime unit, told the jury that he had examined both computer towers.
He said that on one of the devices they had found a number of files and images, some of which had been deleted but could still be recovered from the hard drive.
Among the images recovered, were 14 graphic photographs of children being abused by adults, both boys and girls, aged between five and 13-years-old.
Constable Ahmed also discovered saved pages on Emslie’s web browser which showed less explicit images of girls aged between five and nine-years-old.
He told the jury that he had also found invoices addressed to Emslie on the same computer and said in his opinion the device belonged to the photographer.
Emslie’s partner Angela Grieve also gave evidence for the Crown stating she also used the computer police had seized from their home.
However, fiscal depute Alan Townsend put it to her that she had initially told police that Emslie had been the only user of the device.
But she insisted she had been flustered when she was quizzed about the allegations as she was outside her work.
Emslie’s mother, Isebal, and his sister, Fiona, also gave evidence and said he often locked the door because he had collectable model cars and trains in the room.
They also said that everyone in the house had different internet providers and claimed they had never used Emslie’s computer.
The trial, before Sheriff Graeme Napier, continues.
