A sick predator who posed as a girl to coerce young boys into performing “utterly depraved” sexual acts has been jailed for almost four years.
Rory Gill, 30, was sent to prison yesterday after previously admitting a string of sexual offences, involving promising to get youngsters YouTube subscribers in exchange for obscene videos.
Police found the pervert had a cache of nearly two days’ worth of child abuse videos on his computers.
Sheriff William Summers slammed Gill over “impersonating a girl or girls” and convincing young boys to perform acts on themselves and others.
He added: “Some of the things you had them do were utterly depraved.”
Sentencing him to three years and nine months behind bars, he said: “It is quite clear, given the gravity of these offences that the only appropriate disposal in this case is the imposition of a period of imprisonment.”
He also made Gill subject to a sexual offences prevention order for five years and placed him on the sex offenders’ register indefinitely.
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Defence agent Liam McAllister said: “It was always Mr Gill’s desire and wish to resolve this by way of a plea because he always accepted he was guilty of very serious offences.
“By the very nature of the fantasy he created, these young victims he sincerely hopes may not have known they were victims.
“He recognises quite how horrible, appalling, abhorrent and disgusting his conduct has been and for that he will never forgive himself.
“The impact this has had on his family as victims has been profound and something he will never forgive himself for.
“His family have been subject to abuse and threats and that is as a result of his actions and his actions only.”
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Gill pled guilty to acting as a female and sending written sexual communications to boys, some aged between 13 and 16, and some under 13, and requesting they perform various sexual acts, between January 17 2017 and November 12 2017.
He further admitted taking, or permitting to be taken, indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children, and also distributing or showing images.
Depute fiscal Jamie Dunbar previously told the court police received intelligence from a “YouTube moderator” and obtained a search warrant for Gill’s address on Burnside Road, Tarland.
Police seized computer equipment and discovered 462 indecent videos of children with a total play length of 43 hours and 25 minutes.
He added Gill used social media to “communicate in a sexual manner with the boys, send pornographic images to them and induce them to engage in dares or challenges”.
An NSPCC Scotland spokesman said: “Online safety is one of the major 21st-Century child protection challenges and we know the internet is used as a gateway by abusers like Gill to commit hundreds of offences against children each year.
“It is every parent’s worst nightmare that their child could be targeted online in this way by predators like Gill.
“The NSPCC’s #WildWestWeb campaign is calling on legislators to force social media companies to use technology to flag up grooming behaviour to moderators and protect children before they are abused.”
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