October 2012 Rapist John Barney jailed over child pornography images A man who admitted having indecent images of children days after he was jailed for a series of sex attacks has received another prison sentence. John Barney was jailed for 12 months at Aberdeen Sheriff Court yesterday. The sentence will run alongside the 10 years he is already serving for raping a teenage girl and sexually abusing another. The attacks took place when the girl was helping him with his job at premises across Aberdeen between 2004 and 2006. The 54-year-old started sexually abusing the other girl in the 1980s and continued for four years. He has launched an appeal against the lengthof the 10-year jail term, imposed at the High Court in Inverness last month. Barney subsequently pleaded guilty to having nine indecent photographs and nine videos. The court was told the images were discovered when a search warrant for his home was granted as a result of his other crimes. The court heard three of the photographs were at level one, the least severe category on the five-point scale used to assess such images. A further three were classed at level two and the remainder at level four, the second most serious category. The nine indecent videos of children were all classified as level four. The crime was committed at an address in Aberdeen between February 1, 2010, and March 4, 2011. Barney, a prisoner in Inverness, wept throughout yesterday’s sentencing hearing. Defence agent Mike Monro said his client had been ‘totally ostracised’ by his family and was ‘suffering’ in prison due to the nature of his crimes. The solicitor said that in other circumstances, given the relatively small number of images downloaded, the offence would not have resulted in a jail sentence. Sheriff Edward Savage imposed a concurrent term and put Barney on the sex offenders register for 10 years. At the High Court, Barney admitted raping a teenager on several occasions between 2004 and 2006. He also admitted using indecent practices towards the other girl in the 1980s. Lord Stewart sentenced him to eight years and four months for the rape charge and 20 months for the indecency charges, to run consecutively. September 2012 City rapist to face sentence in child abuse images case A sex offender has admitted having indecent images of children– just days after he was jailed for a catalogue of sex attacks. John Barney was sentenced to 10 years in prison last week for raping a teenage girl and sexually abusing another. The rapes took place when the youngster concerned was helping him with his job at premises across Aberdeen between 2004-06. The 53-year-old started sexually abusing the other girl in the 1980s and continued for four years.