An Angus man has been put on the sex offenders register after being found with hundreds of indecent images of young girls.
Andrew Smart will be sentenced next month after being caught following a tip-off from police south of the border.
Appearing before Sheriff Pino Di Emidio at Forfar on Tuesday, Smart, 33, of Grimsby Place, Arbroath, admitted an indictment alleging the possession of indecent images or pseudo images of children between December 2010 and August this year.
Depute fiscal Donna Brown said Smart had initially appeared at Arbroath Sheriff Court in relation to the matter.
“As a result of intelligence received from Wiltshire police, officers sought a search warrant for two properties in Arbroath,” she told the court.
The searches took place on August 27 and a number of items were recovered, including two laptops.
The court heard that around 750 indecent images of children were found on the computers, the majority of them deleted files of young girls.
A number of videos were part of the material, which ranged from the lowest level one categorisation to a very limited number at level four.
“The majority depicted children within naturist communities,” added the fiscal.
She told the court search terms on the computer history were indicative of Smart searching for pictures of teenage females.
When interviewed by police in relation to the offence, the accused made no comment.
Solicitor Nick Whelan said his client is in full-time employment and reserved mitigation for Smart’s return to court.
Sheriff Di Emidio continued the case until December 11 for reports. The court also ordered forfeiture of the two laptops.
Smart was also made the subject of notification under the terms of the sex offenders register, the exact period of notification to be determined when he returns for sentence next month.