A retired firm director has dodged jail after being caught with sick pictures of kids being sexually abused, together with toddlers as younger as two.
Lindsay Holman, who as soon as held a senior position with expertise agency Panasonic, amassed the vile haul over 5 years at his East Lothian residence.
The 64-year-old appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Courtroom on Monday after sentencing was deferred for experiences.
Sheriff Kenneth Maciver informed Holman: “What you're viewing is the sexual abuse of kids. How anybody can achieve satisfaction from that's past most individuals’s understanding.”
The sheriff mentioned the higher courts had decided that alternate options to custody be utilized if doable in circumstances like Holman’s.
Sheriff Maciver added: “It’s not my private view.”
He mentioned Holman had downloaded and considered movies and pictures that includes girls and boys ages between two and 14.
Holman was positioned on supervision for 3 years and ordered to hold out 225 hours of unpaid work.
He was additionally positioned on the intercourse offenders register for 3 years.
Earlier within the listening to, defence agent Peter O’Neill mentioned his shopper “had an curiosity in grownup pornography” however was “a part of a bunch had been all types of pornography was shared” and thought he’d deleted the kid abuse materials.
Mr O’Neill mentioned Holman’s spouse and household had been “shocked however supportive” of him.
The solicitor added Holman was “deeply ashamed” and “feels very silly”.
Final month the courtroom heard how cops swooped on Holman’s residence in Haddington with a search warrant on Could 25 final yr and confiscated a number of digital gadgets.
Fiscal depute Anna Chisholm mentioned a methods unit was used to entry practically 500 indecent pictures of kids, together with 84 pictures at Class A - the worst degree.
The examination of a laptop computer uncovered nearly 500 pictures, 46 at Class A. The laptop computer additionally contained 17 Class A movies.
An exterior laborious drive held a Class A video whereas a second laborious drive had extra indecent pictures on it.
Holman admitted possessing indecent pictures of kids between August 20 2016 and Could 25 2021.
In response to firm information, Holman was managing director of analysis agency Televisua Ltd throughout a lot of this era.
Firms Home information confirmed Holman utilized to dissolve the corporate in June 2020.
Holman’s listed areas of experience embody digital video and TV, cell gadgets, shopper electronics, and interactive tv.