Saturday, March 4, 2000   PEOPLE Ex-Roller admits child porn charges Derek Longmuir, a founding member of 1970s Scottish pop sensation the Bay City Rollers, pleaded guilty yesterday to possessing child pornography. The 48-year-old former drummer for one of Britain's most famous teeny-bop acts admitted to having indecent photographs and videos of children in his flat. He would be sentenced at a later date, court officials said. Longmuir, now a senior nurse at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, told the court that although the material was in his possession, it belonged to an American friend. He said he had not looked at the images and had no interest in pornography. Longmuir had no comment as he left the court. The Bay City Rollers touched off a craze for all things tartan and flew to No 1 in the singles charts in 1975 with Bye-bye Baby. One of the world's most popular acts at the time, they split up in 1979 after a series of squabbles. The group tried to reform and tour in 1992, but an unemployed music fan stole their guitars and hid them. He later told a court he was trying to "save the world from the Bay City Rollers".
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