EAST KILBRIDE MAN CAUGHT WITH 800 CHILD ABUSE IMAGES AVOIDS PRISON
An East Kilbride man has been put on the sex offenders’ register for five years after more than 800 child sex abuse photos and videos were found on his laptop.Andrew Dobbin was also placed under social work supervision for two years and must do 160 hours of unpaid work as an alternative to prison.
He will be confined to his home each night for four months under an electronic tagging order, reports Lanarkshire Live.
Hamilton Sheriff Court heard that Dobbin, 25, was on a camping trip when police officers turned up to search his home.
They told his shocked mother they had information that indecent images of children had been accessed from the address.
The officers seized a laptop from a rucksack under Dobbin’s bed.
This was sent for expert analysis and explicit images featuring children thought to be aged between six years and 14 were discovered.
Dobbin admitted possessing child abuse material at his home in East Kilbride between October 2023 and June last year.
He appeared in court as a first offender.
His lawyer produced character references and said he had engaged voluntarily in the ‘Stop It Now’ programme for sex offenders.
