A Fife man caught with more than 90,000 extreme porn images and videos had amassed the collection over the course of 15 years.
Gary Gray had a server running in his garage and dozens of hard drives containing the vile images were found.
The 59-year-old was also found to have downloaded child abuse images, found while searching for the extreme porn.
At Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court he was placed on the Sex Offenders Register ahead of sentencing in July.
Raid by six detectives
Fiscal depute Douglas Thomson told the court six detectives were sent to Gray’s home after police received intelligence images were being downloaded.
He said: “The accused was interviewed briefly and confirmed no one else had access to the devices.
“A search took place and several additional devices were uncovered in a garage attached to the property.
“Included in the recovered items was a running server, which was found by DCs Ferguson and Dorword in the double garage in the garden area.
“There appeared to be a large number of hard drives within and lying near the device.”
Gray told police he “hadn’t used it in a while”.
Mr Thomson said: “He was asked why the system was plugged in and running if it hadn’t been used in a while and he responded by shrugging his shoulders.”
When asked by officers what type of system the server was, he replied: “It’s full of hard drives with porn on them.
“They are mine. Everything in that garage belongs to me.”
Child abuse material found
Police seized 62 devices for further examination, including 34 hard drives.
They found 75,692 images and 15,208 videos showing extreme porn.
Mr Thomson said some showed the extreme torture of women but the majority involved bestiality between adults and a number of species of animals.
Also recovered were 274 images of child abuse ranging from category A to C, with all but three category A images inaccessible.
There were 13 category A videos, 10 of which were accessible.
Mr Thomson added: “The Crown recognises that the accused’s principal interest was in respect of the recovered bestiality and sado-masochism images but in searching for this he received and retained the lesser number of images of child sexual abuse.”
Admissions
Gray, of Collinswell Drive, Burntisland, admitted possession of extreme pornography at his home address between October 2006 and July 2021.
He further admitted possessing child abuse images between October 2009 and July 2021.
A not guilty plea to a charge of taking or making indecent images of children was accepted by the Crown.
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