A Dundonian who was confronted by paedophile hunters after he sent sexual images to what he thought was a 13-year-old girl will be monitored by social workers for years.
Forklift driver Andrew Galbraith, believed he was sending obscene images of himself and engaging in sex chat with a child.
He told her the “youngster” he was “bored and horny.”
However, he was actually chatting with an adult member of an online vigilante group.
First offender Galbraith, of St Mungo Terrace, appeared at Dundee Sheriff Court in July to admit three charges, including sharing vile images on social networking site Kik.
He sat sobbing in the dock as the details of his horrific crimes were read aloud at that hearing.
Galbraith returned to the city’s sheriff court this week for sentencing.
Sheriff George Way followed the recommendation from social workers who had interviewed Galbraith since his pleas were accepted.
The sheriff placed Galbraith under supervision for three years, the maximum period available in Scotland.
Galbraith will be on the sex offenders register for the same length of time.
He must also complete the Tay Project, a rehabilitation scheme for sex offenders.
Snared by hunter decoy
Forklift driver Galbraith shared and was sent images of young children being abused, telling fellow perverts he had “young” pictures.
The decoy, identifying herself as “Amber”, told Galbraith she was 13, which did not deter him from sending sexualised conversations.
Amber was operated by a woman called Angela McAllister, a self-described “child protection” vigilante who snares paedophiles online.
Depute fiscal Lora Apostolova previously told the court: “The accused is 26.
“He was employed as a forklift driver at the time.
“Angela McAlister used a decoy – Amber, 13.
“The accused initiated conversation on November 8 2020.
“He engaged in sexually explicit conversation, sent pictures of his erect penis.
“He was confronted by the hunter group.
“The chat logs were highly sexual.
“At one point he asks Amber if she would like to see his penis.
“In another he told her he was bored and horny.”
Sick chat with other perverts
Ms Apostolova told the court Galbraith’s phone contained 17 images and 32 videos of varying categories of seriousness.
“He had used the Kik messenger application to share pornographic and indecent images of children.
“In March 2020 he sent a Category B video to another user.
“He stated he ‘had young’.
“Other users sent Category A, B and C images to him.”
Galbraith pled guilty to inducing what he thought was a 13-year-old child to look at a sexual image and conversation, in order to gain sexual gratification or humiliation, between November 8 2020 and June 13 2021 at an address on Clepington Road.
He admitted two further charges of possessing and distributing indecent images of children, on the same date and time.
He hid behind a mask as he made his way from the court following his case being heard.
