By Grant McCabe
13 Mar 2004. Daily Record
A PERVERT photographer was snared when cleaners at Celtic Park uncovered a bin bag full of photos of naked boys. John Cullen,who worked for official club magazine The Celtic View, took pictures of nude and semi-naked youths.
And he was snared after a hoard of the snaps were discovered inside Parkhead stadium.
Cullen's antics went unknown for almost 20 years, Glasgow Sheriff Court heard.
In May 2002, cleaners had been clearing out a storeroom where the 49-year-old kept his camera equipment.
They discovered a black bag and opened it to check if it was rubbish.
But they were left sickened when they found bundles of pictures of young boys. They showed the youngsters in various states of undress, with some completely naked.
Celtic chiefs were alerted and they called in the police.
Cullen, of Pollokshaws, Glasgow, was probed about the 250 pictures.
He admitted inviting the boys to a house in Glasgow in 1982 before getting them to pose for the camera.
The snaps were locked away in his Parkhead store-room for years with him thinking they would not be found.
Despite the help of Scotland Yard's special paedophile unit, the identities of the youths, reckoned to be aged 10 to 13, were never discovered.
Cullen was dismissed from Celtic Park in June 2002.
He admitted lewd and libidinous conduct and will be sentenced next month.
A spokesman for Celtic said: 'We condemn criminal behaviour of this kind.'
Six years ago, ex-Celtic Boys' Club chief Jim Torbett was jailed after being found guilty of sexually abusing three young players in the 60s and 70s.
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