Court hears forestry worker lost job after pleading guilty to distributing indecent images of children
Last updated 19th Sep 2023
A 25-year-old man from Selkirk who admitted possessing and distributing indecent images of children online has been ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for five years.
Selkirk Sheriff Court heard Dylan Walker was also found with dozens of images of extreme porn after police seized a tablet computer and two mobile phones from his home in the town's Chapel Street in May last year.
They attended at his address after being alerted to someone having uploaded "child sexual abuse material" onto the internet through Kik - a free mobile messaging app.
They included 30 accessible images in Category A, which is deemed to be the most severe.
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Walker's solicitor, Liam Alexander, said his client had been downloading legal porn and "fell down a rabbit hole". He pointed out his conviction had been "a life-changing experience for him", and he had lost his job in forestry as a result.
But, he added, he seems someone genuinely committed to making change.
In addition to the unpaid work, Walker was also placed under supervision for two years.
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