Paedophile who sexually abused infant and incited rape of another child jailed

A paedophile who sexually abused an infant and incited the rape of another child has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years.

Andrew McAdam, 36, pleaded guilty to nine charges spanning March 2023 to September 2024.

Police Scotland said the sexual crimes against the infant took place in Edinburgh and the Trossachs.

The force said McAdam's offences also included conspiring with others across the border to commit sexual abuse, sharing indecent images, sexual exposure, public indecency and sexual communications.

He was jailed at the High Court in Glasgow on Tuesday.

In his sentencing statement, judge Lord Scott said McAdam conspired to sexually exploit and abuse his infant victim and "incited and encouraged the rape" of a separate child at the hands of another man.

The judge stated: "Some conspiracies go no further than the agreement to commit a crime before a change of mind or detection, but this wicked conspiracy was made real."

Lord Scott added: "All of this was entirely for your own gratification."

Part of a victim impact statement prepared by the infant's parents was read out to the court.

In it, they said: "The potential impact of [the child] finding out what happened in the wrong way is catastrophic.

"It is like holding a bomb with the power to completely destroy your child's life if it is detonated at the wrong moment.

"It is terrifying not knowing the impact that this will have, not knowing if our approach to telling [the child] will be the right one."

The parents also lamented that when the child grows up and "inevitably makes mistakes or choices" they disagree with, they will "forever question if the crimes [the victim] faced at such a young age and their impact, direct or indirectly, will have contributed".

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Highlighting the criminal justice social work report prepared, Lord Scott said McAdam had "shown no convincing or meaningful remorse".

The judge noted: "You take limited responsibility for your offending - deflecting, minimising and denying the full extent of your involvement."

McAdam was handed an extended sentence, with 10-and-a-half years in jail and three-and-a-half years on licence once released back into the community.

He was also placed on the sex offenders' register indefinitely and banned from contacting his victim.

Police Scotland urged all those who have experienced sexual abuse to report it to the force.

Detective Inspector Wells said: "McAdam subjected his child victim to horrific abuse."

The DI added: "Sexual crime of any kind has no place in society and we remain committed to supporting victims and bringing those responsible to justice."

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