Sentence for Inverness teenager who had indecent images of six-month-old baby
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A teenage boy who began downloading indecent images of children when he was aged around 14 and continued for three years has been ordered to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work.
Struan Nicol, now aged 19, also had restrictions on his internet use imposed, was placed under social work supervision for three years and on the Sex Offenders' Register for the same period.
Nicol, of Friar's Street, Inverness admitted amassing 70 still images and 18 videos – including one of the five most extreme videos involving a six-month-old child – on two devices between November 2018 and January 2022.
He had previously appeared before Sheriff Sara Matheson and sentence had been deferred for a background report.
Inverness Sheriff Court was told when police went to his home he tried to conceal one of the phones.
The first offender, who also admitted a breach of bail by accessing the internet, told police when interviewed: "I went on to Snapchat because I was bored."
