Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Sex offender remanded over child pornography
A CONVICTED child sex offender who failed to appear in court for sentencing is finally behind bars.
Antony Hunter, 35, had previously been granted bail and was warned that it was “almost inevitable” he would be jailed for his latest offences, although he failed to appear at court last week.
However, he was finally brought to court having been arrested by police at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy.
Solicitor Roshni Joshi told Dunfermline Sheriff Court her client had been in hospital since last week.
Sentence was further deferred until December 7 and Hunter was remanded in custody.
Hunter was jailed for two years in 2011 in Leicester for having sex with a 15-year-old girl he met via Facebook.
Having moved to Fife, he carried on offending. He breached court-imposed restrictions on contact with children by sharing a bedroom with a five-yearold girl.
Police then discovered Hunter had downloaded child pornography at his new home in Rosyth.
Hunter admitted that between June 2 and June 24 2015 at his home in Parkside Street, Rosyth, he downloaded indecent photographs of children. He also admitted between August 10 and September 24 2015, at Rose Street, Burntisland; Parkside Street, Rosyth; and elsewhere, being a person subject to the notification requirements of Sexual Offences Act, he failed to notify police of the address where he was residing.
He also admitted breaching bail conditions by having unsupervised contact with two girls aged five and 10 in Rose Street between August 10 and 24 2015.