A man has been placed on the sex offenders register after admitting downloading hundreds of indecent images of children.
Lee West was discovered with images and video, including some at the worst level, at his Perth home.
Perth Sheriff Court heard officers had visited the 29-year-old as part of an intelligence-led operation and found material which had been shared using peer-to-peer software.
All of the indecent items involved girls between the ages of four and 17.
West admitted that between March 6 and March 29 last year at his South Methven Street home he took or permitted to be taken indecent photos or pseudo photos of children.
He also admitted being in possession of indecent photos or pseudo photos of children with a view to distributing them to others.
Depute fiscal Carol Whyte said there were 57 “live” images on the computer, which the user could easily access. In addition, some of the images were recovered from the deleted folder of the computer, while other corrupted files were found elsewhere in the hard drive.
