Dundee student found with hundreds of indecent child images

A student found with more than 700 indecent images and 18 videos of children on his computer had sentence deferred until May 8.

Gavin Hale, 32, of Dryburgh Gardens, Dundee told police he liked children aged 14-15 but knew it was “wrong and illegal” while also admitting he looked at images of much younger children.

Depute fiscal Eilidh Robertson previously told Dundee Sheriff Court court that police received a tip-off that Hale was in possession of indecent images.

Ms Robertson said: “As they searched the house the accused told a police officer: “You will find stuff on my computer, I have an illness.”

Ms Robertson said a total of 725 indecent images and 18 videos were found, totalling six hours, 44 minutes and nine seconds of viewing.

The children in the images were aged between three and 15 years and software on the computer showed the accused had searched for indecent images of children.

Sheriff Elizabeth Munro further deferred sentence until May 8 for a psychologist’s report.