Locations
Abercorn Street, Paisley, Scotland, PA3
Description
A Linwood man has been caught with over 100 indecent images of children on his mobile phone.
Cops received information that creepy Stuart Fratson had the vile pictures on his phone and raided his home in Russell Place in June last year.
The 45-year-old admitted at Paisley Sheriff Court to being in possession of indecent photographs between April 26, 2022 and June 23, 2022.
Fratson also admitted between April and June last year, he did take, permit to be taken, or made indecent or pseudo-photographs of children.
Procurator fiscal depute, Matt Piskorz told the court police received a tip-off in September 2021, that a device in Fratson’s home address was connected to the internet which contained indecent images of children.
Mr Piskorz explained: “A search warrant was granted and on June 10, 2022, police officers attended at Fratson’s home address at 7.45am
“Fratson allowed police entry and they explained their reason for attendance.
“The property was searched and various electronic devices were recovered including a black Samsung Galaxy device.
“Fratson claimed ownership of this and provided the PIN.
“Around 9am, PC Wallace from the cybercrime unit attended the property to assist with the examination of the devices.
“A short time late, police officer Gilmour was informed by PC Wallace that indecent images of children had been found on the Samsung device.
“All other devices were examined and found to be negative after which they were then returned to their owners with the exception of a computer tower unit which was retained by cybercrime officers to conduct further analysis.
“The Samsung was examined and found to have a SIM card within.
“This device was noted as being the property of Fratson and was found to contain a number of account artefacts in his name including a photograph of a passport in the name of Fratson and a wage slip also in his name.
“A total of 126 still images were present on the device.”
Fratson’s defence lawyer asked for reports to be called for and reserved further mitigation.
Sheriff Thomas Ward stated: “This is a serious matter and I’ll have to get a social work report to find out how best to deal with this.”
Mr Piskorz explained a break-down of the images, detailing which category of seriousness they fall into would be provided to the court on the next occasion.
Sentence was deferred for the preparation of a criminal justice social work report and a restriction of liberty order assessment.
Fratson, who is now living in homeless accommodation in Paisley’s Abercorn Street, was placed on the Sex Offender’s Register and will return to the town’s court on December 7 for sentencing. His bail was continued meantime.