30-YEAR-OLD man who downloaded indecent images of children placed on Sex Offender’s Register for three years
Police raided Kenneth MacKenzie’s home address near Chirnside after being alerted that someone in the house, on three separate occasions, had accessed the internet for indecent images of children.
Prosescutor Tessa Bradley told Selkirk Sheriff Court that on the hard drive eight indecent images were recovered – one at level two, three at level three and four at level four.
Level four is the second most serious level featuring penetrative sexual activity involving a child, or children and adults.
She said the search engine had the search term phrases usually associated with indecent images of children.
Ms Bradley said on the laptop 357 indecent images were found, the vast majority being at level one which was the least serious.
There was one at level two and two at level four. MacKenzie was also given a three year community pay back order.
August 2014
Pervert admits downloading indecent photos of children
A 30-year-old man who admitted downloading indecent images of children was placed on the Sex Offenders Register at Selkirk Sheriff Court on Monday.
Police raided Kenneth MacKenzie’s home near Chirnside in Berwickshire after being alerted that someone in the house using the internet on three separate occasions had involved indecent images of youngsters.
Prosecutor Tessa Bradley said: “Officers attended at the address with a warrant. The accused was found in a bedroom asleep. The house was searched and in the course of that search a laptop and a hard drive were seized.
“They belonged to the accused and the items were examined and a number of indecent images were recovered.”
Ms Bradley explained that on the hard drive eight indecent images were recovered – one at level two, three at level three and four at level four. She said the search engine had the search term phrases usually associated with indecent images of children.
Ms Bradley said on the laptop 357 indecent images were found – the vast majority being at level one, which was the least serious. There was one at level two and two at level four.
Sheriff Peter Paterson deferred sentence until October 20 for a Criminal Justice Social Work Report to be produced and ordered MacKenzie’s name be placed on the Sex Offenders Register.
