‘Fascinated’ paedo nurse made sick AI pics of children whereas working with intercourse offenders
George Nish, a mental health nurse at Ailsa Hospital in Ayr was convicted of offences relating to the creation and possession of indecent images of children using AI
George Nish managed to avoid prison despite his sick crimes(Image: Handout)
A mental health nurse who used artificial intelligence (AI) to generate indecent images of children has been removed from the nursing register. George Nish, a charge nurse at Ailsa Hospital in Ayr, Scotland, was found guilty in November last year for crimes related to the creation and possession of indecent images of children.
He was initially charged in October 2024, and in April the next year, he wrote to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to announce his retirement and to voluntarily withdraw himself from the nursing register.
Nish claimed he became fascinated with child abuse images through his job as a nurse, The Sunday Post reports, where he reportedly managed sex offenders. Despite his crimes, he avoided a prison sentence.
Nish used artificial intelligence (AI) to generate indecent images of children (Image: Handout)
During a hearing on October 2, an NMC panel ordered Nish to be struck off, which means he will be prohibited from working as a registered nurse, midwife or nursing associate.
The panel also imposed an interim suspension order to cover the period before the strike-off takes effect.
In its written determination, the committee stated: “The panel was of the view that Mr Nish’s actions were significant departures from the standards expected of a registered nurse and are fundamentally incompatible with him remaining on the register.
“The panel determined that the findings in this particular case demonstrate that Mr Nish’s actions were serious and to allow him to continue practising would undermine public confidence in the profession and in the NMC as a regulatory body.”
It added: “The panel took into account that Mr Nish’s offences involved sexual offences concerning children and went beyond the possession of sexual images to downloading and taking clones of children and running them through AI to create naked images of them.
“The panel considered that this conduct was a fundamental breach of the tenets of the nursing profession and was capable of seriously undermining public confidence.”
It concluded that “nothing short of a striking-off order” would be sufficient to maintain public confidence in the nursing profession, and to send a “clear message” about the standards of behaviour expected of a registered nurse.
The committee also stated it was in the public’s interest to take action against Nish. The panel observed that if Nish remained a registered nurse he could potentially encounter children and other vulnerable individuals, and that it “could not be satisfied” he would not pose a risk to them.
It also noted the “repeated” nature of Nish’s offending was “particularly significant in assessing the likelihood of future harm”.
In correspondence to the committee dated September 24, 2026, Nish’s representatives at the Royal College of Nursing made clear he does not intend to return to the profession.
“Mr Nish … acknowledges the charges and accepts the seriousness of his conduct,” the letter read. “He has demonstrated insight into the concerns and has expressed genuine remorse.
“His engagement with the relevant support and remediation demonstrates that he has taken positive steps to address the matters arising from his conviction.”
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