A Fife man sent sexually explicit messages to a 12-year-old girl and told her age was “only a number”, Cupar Sheriff Court has heard.
Jon McDonald McClure Walker, 23, described as a prisoner at Perth, admitted that between February 2 2013 and May 15 this year he sent the girl a photograph of his genitals at Tower Well, High Street, Newburgh, as well as other sexually explicit messages.
He also pleaded guilty to being in possession of indecent images or pseudo images of children at the same address on June 26 this year.
The court heard after receiving an indecent message, the girl responded to Walker asking him if he knew how old she was to which he replied: “Yes, and I don’t care. Age is only a number.”
Police were called after the child’s mother became aware of the messages and a search warrant was obtained to search Walker’s Newburgh home.
Further indecent images were found on a laptop owned by Walker, including 124 at level 1 of the SAP Scale and four at level 2.
Police also found 18 videos, of which six were level 4 and one was level 5.
Another laptop and memory card were also found at the address which contained 39 further indecent images at level 1.
Defence agent Robin Beattie said Walker, who has a previous sex offence conviction, was “very apologetic” and “accepted full responsibility”.
Sheriff Charles Macnair deferred sentence until October 3 for reports and remanded Walker in custody.