A Fife “photographer” told a person he thought was a 12-year-old girl he could teach her sex if she took part in one of his photo shoots.
Kevin Anderson, 42, believed he was communicating online with a child called Megan but was in fact talking to an undercover police officer.
Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court heard while Anderson engaged in sexually explicit conversation with the decoy, he sent numerous images of women in sexualised poses, claiming he was a photographer who took similar pictures.
He also sent the undercover officer an image of a female performing a sex act.
Police later searched his house and found 13 child abuse images and one graphic video on two mobile phones.
Anderson appeared in the dock to admit possessing the indecent images between July 30 2019 and May 26 last year.
He pled guilty to another charge of attempting to sexually communicate with a young child and attempting to cause a young child to view a sexual image between October 1 2021 and November 5 2021.
Chats progressively more sexual
Fiscal depute Laura McManus said the “Megan” profile was used on the Kik messenger app by an undercover operative from The Yorkshire and Humber organised crime unit to target sexual offending.
She read to the court a summary of messages from the online chat.
Early in the conversation, the decoy child stated she was 12 and made reference to being “in class”.
Anderson later stated it “won’t be long until you can rip your uniform off and get into bed”.
He went on to say he was a photographer and throughout the conversation sent numerous pictures of women in sexualised poses, saying he had photographed similar.
The fiscal depute said: “The accused then asks for Megan to send a full length photo”.
He says she should show off her legs with a shorter skirt and that it is a pity she is not with him trying on “cute outfits” and posing.
The conversation developed the next day, with Anderson saying: “I’m sure you will love sex”.
He said: “It’s always awkward at first but you will be fine.
“If you ever come for a photoshoot maybe I can teach you sex”.
Asked by “Megan” if that is really what he would like to do, Anderson replied: “Yeah if you wanted to”.
After further sexual messages Anderson sent the profile an image of a female performing a sexual act and a female wearing a short skirt.
‘Isolated lifestyle’
Officers from the NCAIU Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Unit were granted a search warrant for the house in which he lived with his mother.
Anderson was later traced at his workplace.
Two mobile phones were recovered and both contained child sexual abuse material, including one 45-second video of the most graphic category A kind.
Another 13 category C images were also found.
Defence lawyer Martin McGuire said first offender Anderson, of Seacraig Court in Newport-on-Tay, has since lost his job.
He said he clearly lived an “isolated lifestyle”, struggling with depression, and using social media to communicate with people with no intention of meeting them.
Sheriff Alison McKay deferred sentence until July 18 for the production of background reports and his bail was continued.
Anderson was placed on the Sex Offenders Register meantime.
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