Pervert faces jail for child pictures

A PERV ERT took covert pictures of a child from his Angus home as well as amassing a haul of sick images.

Depraved Christopher Johnston, 44, was caught with thousands of images – some of which included animals – between 2016 and this year.

Johnston, who has previous convictions for sexual offences, is facing a lengthy jail term after being rumbled by police during an unannounced visit.

Officers from the offender management unit attended his home on Arbroath and searched his mobile phone.

After becoming concerned about an image of a female child in a

“non-sexualised” position, officers were later granted a warrant to search Johnston’s home.

Prosecutor Stewart Duncan told Dundee Sheriff Court: “Police officers recovered an LG phone, a l aptop and a red camera. “On the camera there were 66 category C images.

“Some included one young female in a state of undress taken in her bedroom window between May and August 2016.

“A haul of indecent images was uncovered which depicted children being abused.”

Johnston, a prisoner of HMP Perth, pleaded guilty to taking or permitting to be taken i ndecent i mages of children between May 2016 and August this year at an address in Arbroath.

Between July and August this year, Johnston possessed extreme pornographic i mages depicting females, dogs, horses and cats.

On numerous occasions between May and August 2016, Johnston observed a female child committing a private act in that the child was in a state of undress.

Sheriff Tom Hughes deferred sentence for social work reports. Johnston was placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely and remanded until January.

Dundee court