A Glasgow Paedophile lawyer, Alan Eccles, charged with child molestation, appeared on television as a legal “expert” despite being a convicted paedophile.
Alan Eccles received 300 hours of community service after confessing to participating in disturbing discussions regarding child sexual abuse online and disseminating photos of minors.
Despite having previously been in court accused with the charges, Alan Eccles, 44, featured on a television show in April regarding the closure of a Scottish legal company as a “expert in establishing trusts.”
Even days following his guilty plea, the audacious Alan Eccles participated at a community meeting regarding the collapse of McClure solicitors with former clients and Members of Parliament.
Attendees learnt of his conviction through an internet search after he engaged in a contentious conversation with Mike Pilbeam, a former McClure’s client and principal advocate on the matter, who organised the conference to assist those impacted.
Pilbeam said: “There were a number of individuals who had used Alan Eccles at the meeting and had a degree of sympathy with him over the altercation.
“But when one member Googled him the following day and saw the report about the charges he had faced and his guilty plea, that sympathy disappeared.”
Thousands of people say they had family trusts which they didn’t know about and have had to pay extortionate fees to wrestle ownership of their homes from McClure’s trustees.
On the programme, which aired on April 4, Alan Eccles spoke extensively about how he had helped dozens of former clients of McClure solicitors, which shut down in 2021.
The community meeting took place on May 9 in the south side of Glasgow. The Sunday Mail previously revealed Eccles worked for the Scottish Youth Parliament during a time when the organisation was accused of mishandling complaints about child sexual harassment.
SYP said he had no involvement in the probe into handling of complaints.
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