A paedophile has been locked up after being caught with a haul of child abuse images for the third time in a decade.
David Robertson had sickening images on a phone which police officers found hidden under the pillow in his bedroom.
Further images – featuring babies being raped – were found on a second device during a morning raid on his home in Cupar, on May 9 this year.
Fiscal depute Gavin Burton told Dundee Sheriff Court: “This is his third offence of a directly analogous nature.
“Police received intelligence to the effect there may be a device within the locus which contained indecent images of children.
“A search was carried out.
“There was a mobile phone under the pillow in the bedroom.
“An examination proved positive for indecent images of children.”
Mr Burton told the court the images featured children aged from birth to 10 years old being sexually assaulted by adults and other children.
Sheriff George Way deferred sentence for reports and said he required a full risk assessment before sentencing Robertson next month.
Previous convictions
In August 2018, The Courier told how Robertson – then a shop assistant living in Methil – was caught with a storage device and two mobile phones which contained more than 300 child abuse images.
Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court heard 23 of the images were of the most serious level.
He admitted taking or permitting indecent photographs of children to be taken (by downloading) at his home.
He already had a previous conviction for the same offence dating back to 2012, which had been dealt with by a probation order.
