Pervert backin prison

his release.

In addition, the accused, said to be at “high risk of reoffending,” had his name added to the Sex Offenders’ Register for life.

The sheriff also ordered the destruction of 12 devices, including Samsung and Sony ExPeria phones, a Kindle, a USB stick, a hard drive and a wireless router.

They were confiscated after police made unannounced visits to his room in Perth’s Skinnergate Hostel and at his father’s home in Smith Lane, New Alyth.

Officers were checking to ensure he was complying with the SOPO imposed at the Perth court back in 2015 after he admitted a previous offence of downloading around 2000 indecent pictures from the internet.

The bulk of that vile stash of child abuse images was discovered on a hard drive.

A total of 1391 indecent still images of children were recovered following the police raids on the Perth hostel and his father’s house. The running time of the videos was 65 minutes.

A further 27 indecent images of children were found on the game pad while the Kindle yielded another four.

A “full technical examination” of all the devices showed there were a total of 1430 images, covering Categories A, B and C.

A total of 294 of the photographs were classed as Category A, the most depraved.

Simpson had subsequently confessed to police: “I can’t go without the internet.”