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Press and Journal
21-05-2025
- Press and Journal
Prolific Aberdeen disqualified driver jailed after ignoring ban for eighth time
An Aberdeen man has been jailed after being caught behind the wheel while banned for an eighth time. Robert Razey, 31, was banned from driving for eight years in February last year but has now received an additional four-year disqualification and a jail term for once again flouting the law. Sheriff William Summers told him: 'It seems you are incapable of obeying court orders.' Razey was spotted driving a silver Audi TT on Aberdeen's Auchmill Road by patrolling traffic police. The court heard the officers recognised Razey and pulled him over at around 3.30pm on April 19, after overtaking him and identifying him as the driver of the car. Fiscal depute Stephanie Cardno said the officers also ran a check on the car, which highlighted Razey had no valid insurance or a driving licence. Razey pleaded guilty to driving whilst disqualified and without insurance. His defence agent Neil McRobert said Razey recognised 'the serious place he is in' and asked the court for a non-custodial sentence. Sheriff Summers interjected and asked if he was referring to the seven previous driving bans, Mr McRobert replied: 'Yes.' He went on to explain that Razey, who has worked as a car mechanic, had been asked to look at the car for a friend and was taking it out on a 'test drive' when he was spotted behind the wheel. 'He was trying to identify the problem,' Mr McRobert said, adding: 'For what it's worth. 'He gave that explanation to the police when he was stopped.' Sheriff Summers told Razey, said: 'You have seven previous convictions for driving while disqualified. 'This is the eighth. You also have previous breaches of Community Payback Orders and supervision conditions. 'It seems you are incapable of obeying court orders. It is quite clear, for the charge of driving while disqualified, there is no alternative other than the imposition of a custodial sentence.' Razey was jailed for six months for driving while banned and disqualified from driving for four years and three months. For driving without insurance, Sheriff Summers disqualified Razey, of Donside Place, for 12 months and admonished him. Razey was previous jailed in 2024 after being convicted of dangerous driving on Hogmanay. In 2019, he was placed under a Restriction of Liberty Order after admitting throwing a fistful of metal bolts through the window of a car, hitting another driver. For all the latest court cases in Aberdeen as well as crime and breaking incidents, join our Facebook group.
Daily Record
26-04-2025
- Daily Record
IT buff facing jail after creating AI-generated child abuse images at Paisley home
An IT buff could be facing jail after being caught with AI-generated child abuse images in what is believed to be one of the first such convictions in Scotland. Risto Bergman, who moved to Scotland from his native Finland, was found to have the illegal images on a computer at his former Paisley flat. The 42-year-old - who posted on social media he was "interested in IT" - made the images after typing into an AI programme what he wanted it to create. He admitted his guilt at Paisley Sheriff Court on Thursday, where it was also heard Bergman used the software to create images featuring himself. The Finnish national pled guilty to a charge of making "indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children" in breach of Section 52(1)(a) of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 . He admitted between June 26 and July 25, 2023, he made the photographs at his then-home, a flat in Love Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire . Procurator Fiscal Depute Karen Yuill told the court officers from Police Scotland attended Bergman's then-home on December 1, 2023, and searched the property. She explained: " Police witnesses attended in possession of a search warrant. They seized multiple devices. They took multiple devices for examination. "A black tower unit, which the accused identified as being his property, was seized. A joint cyber crime report was produced which indicated 23 indecent images of children were on the device." They were all still images with five rated as category A images - the most extreme there is - and 18 rated as being category C images, the least extreme. Paisley Sheriff Court heard "recognised search terms" had been entered into the AI programme to make indecent images of children, and two images of Bergman himself were also found on the device. The images of him had been created using the same AI programme as the one used to create indecent images of children, and he was taken to the police station . When interviewed by cops he made no comment to the questions he was asked, and he was later arrested for the offences, before appearing in court to admit his guilt. Sheriff Sukhwinder Gill told Bergman he would be placed on the Sex Offenders' Register due to being convicted of the offences, and called for a criminal justice social work report and Restriction of Liberty Order assessment to be prepared. A Restriction of Liberty Order would see Bergman fitted with an electronic tag and having to abide by a daily curfew which would see him remaining within his home during specified hours. Sentencing of Bergman, who now lives in Rothesay, on the Isle of Bute , was adjourned until next month for background reports, and consideration of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order being imposed. A Sexual Harm Prevention Order would see limits placed on his freedom if he were to receive a non-custodial sentence and allowed to remain within the community. Conditions can include not being allowed to visit places with children , being banned from deleting your internet browsing history, and being forbidden from using the internet on an unmonitored device.
