Offender is caught with phone

A SEX offender from Cupar caught with an unauthorised mobile phone days after being convicted for possessing child abuse images for the second time has been jailed.

David Adamson was told he was lucky to have dodged a prison sentence in 2021 after admitting possessing indecent images.

He was placed on a community payback order at Dundee Sheriff Court but admitted a “lapse” earlier this year when he was again caught with a vile stash.

Adamson was jailed after admitting being caught with a mobile phone while awaiting sentence.

Adamson was given unpaid work in 2021 for being caught with more than 8,000 images at his home on Cupar’s Kirk Wynd in 2019.

He was placed on the sex offenders register for three years and believed he was “doing well” with work relating to the Moving Forward Making Changes rehabilitation programme.

But last month he pled guilty to possessing more than 100 indecent images after police raided his home and discovered child abuse and bestiality material.

The additional mobile phone was uncovered days after Adamson’s second conviction for possessing indecent images.

He had been released on bail in 2022 with conditions preventing him from owning more than one device capable of accessing the internet.

Defence solicitor Doug Mcconnell said: “The (social work) report isn’t particularly favourable in relation to the risks outwith custody.

“I have to accept that, but he is still keen to get a non-custodial option.”

Adamson was sentenced to a total of 35 months in prison.

JAILED: Adamson was sentenced to a total of 35 months in jail.