Former Wirral Conservative councillor Ian McKellar branded 'despicable' for downloading child porn
Mar 19 2009
by Chloe Griffiths, Liverpool Daily Post
A FORMER Conservative councillor was branded “despicable” by his own daughter after he was caught down-loading more than 1,800 obscene images of children.
While his wife and two daughters slept, Ian McKellar, 58, scoured pornographic websites for pictures of adolescent girls in erotic poses.
Liverpool crown court heard the former chairman of West Wirral Conservatives and Claughton representative was thought of as a “pillar of society”, but in fact led a secret life poring over indecent images.
Judge David Aubrey, QC, told McKellar, who was on the board of Governors for two schools: “I can put it no better than how one of your daughters described you – ‘despicable’.”