Court hears Selkirk man, 25, uploaded 'child sexual abuse material' via Kik messenger app
A 25-year-old man from the Scottish Borders has admitted possessing and distributing indecent images of children.
Police swooped on an address in Selkirk's Chapel Street in May last year, after officers were alerted to someone having uploaded "child sexual abuse material" onto the internet through Kik - a free mobile messaging app.
The town's Sheriff Court today (Monday) heard Dylan Walker, who was alone at the time, was found to have indecent images of children, along with extreme porn, on three devices - a tablet computer and two mobile phones.
They included 30 accessible images in Category A, which is deemed to be the most severe.
Walker pled guilty to a total of three charges dating back to 2019 - including taking or permitting to be taken photographs or pseudo-photographs of children at his home and elsewhere.
Sheriff Janys Scott deferred sentence until September the 19th for background reports, and Walker was placed on the Sex Offenders Register meantime.
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