A perverted Perthshire primary school worker jailed for trading indecent videos of children being abused has abandoned his appeal.
Stuart Allison, 44, admitted being involved in the sickening online trade while he was working with children as young as eight in a classroom setting for Perth and Kinross Council.
Perth Sheriff Court heard he had been downloading child abuse material for more than 12 years before his activities were brought to a halt by the police in November 2016.
After officers raided his house in Trinafour, they discovered Allison had used his Skype account to pass on 100 videos — which were categorised as the most depraved — to other twisted individuals online.
The court was told he had been storing nearly 1,000 videos, which would have taken fully four days to watch, and also had almost 1,500 still images on seven separate internet-ready devices.
The pervert was jailed for 40 months in November last year after admitting that between September 2004 and November 2016 he took, or permitted to be taken, and possessed indecent photographs of children.
He also admitted distributing or showing indecent images of children between August 2015 and May 2016.
During his sentencing, Allison’s solicitor John McLaughlin said his client was “terrified” by the prospect of jail.
Allison also claimed he had turned his life around and was planning on studying at university.
Allison was set to appear at the Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary, arguing the sentence was unduly harsh.
Two judges were to preside over the hearing this week at the court in Edinburgh.
But the pervert has now abandoned his appeal.
Allison was placed on the sex offenders’ register for “an indefinite period” when he was sentenced.
It means his movements will be monitored by the authorities for the rest of his life following his release from prison.
Perth and Kinross Council said at the time of Allison’s sentencing it had worked closely with police.
No pupils from any Perth and Kinross school were identified as part of the investigation, the local authority added.
Jailing the pervert, Sheriff Lindsay Foulis told Allison: “The number of still and moving images may not be the greatest but a significant number were at the most serious end of categorisation.
“All of those videos distributed to others were at the highest end — though I appreciate they were being distributed for just nine months of the 12-year period.
“Custody is the only appropriate disposal.”
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