Peter Sugden, 46, from Falkirk, delivered 'intensive' rehab courses to sex offenders but has now been placed on the register himself following the grim discovery.
Sugden's home was raided by police in June last year after he was caught in a 'sting' set up by a London-based group of paedophile hunters.
You know, those folks decried by all the progressives...
The former HMP Edinburgh officer appeared for sentence at Falkirk Sheriff on Tuesday after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing to communicating indecently with someone he was under the impression was a child named Abbie. But this was actually an adult female decoy named Sonia.
Sugden, now a driver living in Rumford, also admitted to possessing and downloading child pornography, and possessing extreme porn including images depicting a woman engaged in sexual activity with a donkey and men engaged in sexual activity with dogs.
And astonishingly, didn't see any jail time!
Sheriff Craig Harris placed Sugden under supervision for three years and on the sex offenders register for the same period of time. He also ordered Sugden to complete 210 hours of unpaid work in the next two years and imposed a string of strict conduct requirements affecting Sugden's internet use.
His brief did her best, but this was the best she could manage:
'Mr Sugden is a man who never thought he would be in front of the courts but finds himself here after a significant lapse in judgement.'
Really?
"And astonishingly, didn't see any jail time! "
ReplyDeleteThoughtful sentencing - that was to prevent his becoming Mr Popularity on the landings . . .
"And astonishingly, didn't see any jail time!"
ReplyDeleteYou haven't explained what harm he did anyone.