An Angus delivery driver caught red-handed trying to delete his massive collection of bestiality and child abuse videos has been placed on the Sex Offenders Register for three years.
James Brown was found hastily trying to erase his collection of nearly 20 hours of footage when police officers arrived to raid his home.
Brown had a huge haul of horse and dog bestiality videos and sickening child material featuring youngsters aged from four-years-old.
He was ordered to carry out 225 hours unpaid work in the community and attend a sex offender rehabilitation programme as a direct alternative to custody.
At Dundee Sheriff Court, Sheriff Gregor Murray also imposed strict conduct conditions banning Brown from having unsupervised contact with children and limiting his internet use.
Police raid
The court was told that when detectives carried out a raid on his home, he told them: “You will find stuff on the computer.
“I have been busy deleting it.”
The court was told Brown had stored vile material for more than a decade.
Brown, 31, of Sunnyside, Kirriemuir, admitted downloading indecent images of children at his home between June 25 2011 and January 21 2018.
He also admitted having a stash of extreme material at addresses in Kirriemuir and Livingston between June 23 2011 and January 29 2022.
Fiscal depute Lora Apostalova said he was raided at 8.20am on January 29 and told police: “You will find stuff on my computer. I’ve been busy deleting it.”
Mrs Apostalova said images and videos were found on a number of devices with the earliest downloads dating back more than ten years.
She said the child-related material showed predominantly male youngsters aged between four and 14 being abused.
She added the total run-time of the bestiality videos amounted to 19 hours and 18 minutes.
