Man who sent images of children being abused to online paedophiles avoids jail
A man who sent naked pictures of children to online paedophiles while pretending to be a 13-yearold schoolgirl has escaped a jail sentence.
Aylwin Gordon, 36, sent the depraved images to men he met online and asked them to send him videos of them performing solos sex acts while they looked at the pictures. Gordon was caught when police officers discovered chat logs between him and the men after raiding his home in connection with him downloading child abuse images and videos. During the search of his devices police found more than 400 horrific images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children including babies as young as one month old.
Gordon, of Walkerburn in the Scottish Borders, pleaded guilty to possessing the child abuse images and to sending men images while posing as a 13-yearold girl when he appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in January.
Prosecutor Susan Dickson told the court a mobile phone, a laptop and a hard drive were seized and were found to contain images and videos depicting male and female children aged between one month and 15 years-old being sexually abused.
The cyber crime investigation also discovered the chat logs between Gordon and several unknown men he was in contact with on a messaging app. Gordon was in the dock for sentencing last Thursday.
Sheriff Nicol said: “Throughout the social work report it is clear you have acknowledged the inappropriate nature of your behaviour and the harm it has caused. Somewhat unusually in cases like this you have made extensive efforts to seek help to prevent further offending.”
Gordon was placed on the Sex Offenders Register for 18 months and was told he must carry out 200 hours of unpaid work. He was also given a conduct requirement where he is banned from using internet devices without permission and must allow his supervising officer access to any equipment on request.