A RETIRED High Court advocate who was caught with a haul of child abuse images on his computer has been jailed for 12 months.
John Mayer downloaded more than 500 pictures depicting the sexual abuse of kids with some victims as young as 12 months old between August 2019 and January 2021.
Mayer, 72, tried to hide his depravity by deleting the images and was found to have used computer cleaning software in a bid to hide his online offending.
The former lawyer - who turned to writing crime novels following his retirement - denied the offences but was found guilty at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in December.
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