Easter Ross man caught with hundreds of indecent images
A 44-year-old Easter Ross man was caught with indecent images of children for a second time when police raided his home.
Armed with a search warrant, officers entered William Cowan's home in Muldearg Place, Fearn, on February 2, 2022 and seized a computer tower.
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Fiscal depute Emily Hood told Sheriff Gary Aitken: "After forensic examination, 223 inaccessible images were found.
"They were 27 in Category A (the most graphic involving sexual activity), nine in category B and 187 in category C.
"The images in Category A related to young females aged between five and 12 and the majority in category C involved females aged between 10 and 15 posing nude in provocative poses."
Sentence was deferred until August 5 for a background report and Cowan was placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register.
Sheriff Aitken told him: "Given your record, the previous conviction and the disposal, I suspect you have been through this process before, so we may have to try something else."
