Locations
Maxwellton Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow G74
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Mark Williamson of the Calderwood area had nearly 5000 indecent images and clips on his devices.
A sick Calderwood perv who told police it looked like some children enjoyed being abused has avoided jail.
Appearing for sentencing at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday, Mark Williamson was given a two-year supervision order.
The 28-year-old, of Maxwellton Road , was also placed on the sex offenders register for the same duration.
Court previously heard that nearly 5000 indecent images and video clips were found on devices belonging to the creep, who admitted downloading and possessing child porn between January 2012 and June last year.
Fiscal depute, Paula Russell, said girls featured in images downloaded by Williamson could have been as young as four, adding that his Internet history showed searches for pre-teens.
His sick predilection was uncovered after police raided a flat in Glasgow Road, Blantyre, where he was staying in June last year.
Sick Williamson told police that a distinction should be drawn between teenagers and those under the age of 12, but said he had stumbled upon images while searching online for music.
Ms Russell had previously told how Williamson had stressed he was not sexually aroused by them but had a persistent, morbid curiosity.
She added: He said he did not enjoy seeing children in pain and could not tell from the images whether or not they were.
Their faces were often covered, but possibly in some images the children appeared to be enjoying it.
Williamsons defence said his client clearly has issues but had co-operated with social work so far and would continue to do so.
Diarmid Bruce added: My client pleaded guilty at the first diet stage.
Its a serious matter and he knows his conduct was unacceptable.
Sentencing the pervert, Sheriff Thomas Miller said he was willing to go with the recommendations in the very full report he had been presented with.
Williamson has also been banned from owning any device with Internet access unless it had the ability to store a search history that could not be deleted.