Aberdeen man caught with 1,400 indecent images of children
When police turned up at his door and explained why they were there Johannes Hengelaar, 33, told them: “I’m the one.”
Crown Office
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Human remains found in fishing vessel raised from seabed
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Human remains found in fishing vessel raised from seabed
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