A sex offender who was caught with horrifying child abuse images after he was released from prison has been warned he could face a life sentence.
Jason Jordan, 52, defied a court order banning him from using a computer or mobile phone offering internet access which contained software allowing private browsing and deletion of its history.
He had uploaded indecent images of youngsters to the internet through an email account via a neighbour’s connection.
The neighbour told police that Jordan had set up an internet connection for him and knew his password.
When police raided Jordan’s house they found he had a mobile phone and tablet with images and videos, some of the most vile kind.
The indecent material featured boys and girls aged between six months and 12 years old.
Officers also found a copy of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) granted by a sheriff against Jordan in his home in Caithness Place, Kirkcaldy.
An examination of the devices seized revealed that 27 video files, 13 at the most serious level, would have been accessible to the user. A further 18 still images were recovered.
Some of the material had previously been deleted.
A judge rejected a plea to impose a determinate sentence on Jordan and ruled that a full risk assessment order be made.
Jordan had previously admitted possessing indecent photographs of children and breaching an SOPO granted on June 24, when he appeared at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court where Sheriff Grant McCulloch sent the case to the High Court.
Lord Uist adjourned the case until May.