A NORTH-EAST man and his son who downloaded more than 20,000 images of child porn between them are to be sentenced tomorrow.
John, 57, and Jamie Brown, 26, admitted possessing the images at their home after being caught by police in a UK-wide paedophile operation.
The pair pleaded guilty at Elgin Sheriff Court to having the pictures in their possession nearly three years ago.
The court heard that on June 18 2008 police found a computer used by both men which had “indecent” photos or computer generated pseudo-photos of children.
Depute fiscal Shona Duncan told the court that altogether John Brown was found with nearly 17,000 images on the laptop and other computer equipment.
His son was found to have over 3,500 pictures.
Officers were monitoring a website where members could discuss their sexual interest in children when they discovered a man from the North-east had accessed the site.
A laptop computer was seized from the living room, along with DVDs, CDs and floppy discs.
The accused’s wife told police she had never used the laptop and that
she and her daughters had separate computers which were password-protected. Both John and Jamie Brown used the same laptop, but had different usernames and passwords.
When interviewed at a police station, John Brown, whose address was given in court papers as 145 High Street, Forres, said he used the laptop and admitted having some images of children stored on discs.
The court was told his son admitted accessing and downloading video clips and images “that would be considered indecent”.
Ms Duncan said: “From the comments made it was clear there was some sexual gratification obtained from viewing the images.”
After questioning, both of the accused were allowed to leave pending further investigations.
The men pleaded guilty to the charges at the court appearance on February 17 and were released on bail.
Sheriff Noel McPartlin deferred sentence until tomorrow for background reports.
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