Locations
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY1
Description
A CHILD sex fiend who worked with kids at author Beatrix Potters former home was caught with a sickening stash of porn.
Aaron Sanders, 21, was the second instructor to be caught with hardcore child porn at the Dalguise outdoor activity centre in Perthshire once the summer home of the Peter Rabbit writer.
His depraved collection, including scenes of toddlers being raped, was uncovered when he lent his laptop computer to colleagues.
The images were described by experts as among the worst they had ever seen, Perth Sheriff Court was told yesterday.
The Dalguise centre, run by PGL Travel, is used by schools for outdoor holidays for pupils from seven to 16.
Yesterday, Sanders was placed under supervision for three years as part of a community payback order and told to attend sex offender group work sessions.
The court heard Sanders had downloaded images after using search terms including 14-year-old Russian girls and pregnant 13-year-old.
John McLaughlin, defending, claimed Sanders, from Kidderminster, Worcestershire, who admitted possessing the indecent images, had been trying to search for adult porn.
He said:
These images were downloaded and deleted from his computer. He had no interest in these matters but has to accept responsibility for possession of them.
A spokesman for PGL Travel said they had followed proper procedures and added:
We take the safeguarding of children in our care extremely seriously.
In 2010, PGL team leader Mathew Faulds was jailed after being caught with child porn at Dalguise.
Sheriff Lindsay Foulis jailed Faulds, 26, from Dundee, for a year and added a further three-year period under supervision after his release.
Faulds admitted having child pornography and told police: I was into child pornography. I thought I had deleted it before I went to Dalguise.