A Dunfermline pharmacist has received a community payback sentence for downloading indecent images of children.
The images were found on computers after a police raid on the home of Alastair Majury.
Majury, 32, now of Ballyholme View, Seacliffe Road, Bangor, Northern Ireland, previously admitted that between September 21 2014 and August 6 2015 at 6 Kintail Place, Dunfermline or elsewhere, he was in possession of indecent photographs of children.
He also admitted that he took or allowed to be taken indecent photographs of children at the same address.
Dunfermline Sheriff Court previously heard that police officers had attended Majury’s home at around 7.15am on August 11.
He was interviewed and admitted to police he had been viewing indecent images of children both at his current address and at Bittern Court, Dunfermline.
He said he started off viewing the images “out of curiosity” and “wanting to find out what the fuss was about”.
An investigation of computer devices in the home found over 650 indecent still images and over 390 indecent movie files involving children aged from two upwards.
When Majury returned to court for sentencing, his solicitor Sarah Meehan said he was a first offender and had now returned to live with his family in Northern Ireland.
“He has expressed a considerable degree of remorse for his actions and made a full confession at interview,” said Ms Meehan.
“His behaviour was uncharacteristic and he is from a good family background.”
Ms Meehan said her client had graduated from Aberdeen University in 2010 but had now lost his job as a pharmacist.
“It’s highly unlikely that he’ll be able to return to that profession,” she added.
Ms Meehan said there had also been a break-down in his marriage with no chance of reconciliation.
Sheriff Craig McSherry imposed a community payback order with two years’ supervision and placed Majury on the sex offenders register.