An international sex offender has been jailed for more than four years after he was snared sending sick videos to an undercover police officer posing as a 13-year-old girl.
Michael Finlay then threatened “Abi Myers” – in reality an undercover police officer posing as a decoy – with brutality if she didn’t send nude images of herself to him.
Officers raided Finlay’s home in Tayport and charged him with a single sex offence before a court released him on bail.
Police returned to his home to check on him in September and discovered “concerning” material on his phone.
An “online relationship” Finlay started with a 13-year-old girl who lives in Wisconsin, USA, was discovered.
Finlay, 28, a prisoner at HMP Perth, pled guilty to one charge of distributing indecent images of children, two offences under the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act, and one of breaching bail.
Sheriff Alastair Carmichael imposed a 45-month prison sentence on Finlay for the sex charges with a further six months to be served consecutively for breaching bail.
He also placed Finlay on the sex offenders register indefinitely.
