February 2014
Pervert pleads guilty to possession of indecent images of children
An Overtown man has pleaded guilty to having child abuse images on both his laptop and his mobile phone
Mark Sullivan, 26 was found to be in possession of indecent images of children aged as young as three years old after a raid on his Orchard street home in May last year
Police confiscated a laptop from the address – which Sullivan shares with his fiance – before also seizing his mobile phone
Across both devices, investigating officers discovered a total of 18 still and moving images
Each of those was rated at categories four and five on the copine scale. Level five is the most extreme in nature, and includes torture, sadism and rape
Unemployed Sullivan admitted the charges against him when he appeared at Hamilton sheriff court on Friday
Police also discovered software for peer-to-peer file sharing, which allows users to upload and download content
Five names found within Sullivans laptop included references to girls aged both 5 and 7 years old
Police also found still images that featured boys aged between 3 and 13 years old on his mobile phone
Sullivan was placed on the sex offenders register and was banned from the internet and was also banned from being in contact with anyone aged under 16 years old
He will be sentenced on March 25th at Hamilton Sheriff court
