Inverness man had dozens of indecent images of young girls on his mobile phone
Police raided a 34-year-old Inverness man's home and seized his mobile phone on which they found dozens of indecent images of young girls.
Inverness Sheriff Court heard that on the device owned by Philip Bruce, of Kenneth Place, Smithton, were 30 inaccessible images, seven in the most serious category A of depravity; 14 in category B and 19 in Category C.
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Fiscal depute Alison Young told Sheriff Gary Aitken that one inaccessible category B video was also found with a run-time of 99 seconds. All the material involved girls aged between seven and 13 years old, she added.
Bruce admitted downloading everything between March 27, 2023 and June 26, 2023. Sentence was deferred until March 18 for a background report and an assessment for a sex offenders’ rehabilitation programme.
Bruce was placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register and his bail was continued.
