A barman has admitted using his boss’s wifi internet connection to download child porn.
Ian Legg downloaded a total of 122 videos and 2,490 photographs of abused children aged between three and 15 between July 15, 2012 and February 25, 2015.
The 43-year-old, of 17 West Terrace, Ullapool,
Fiscal depute David Morton told Inverness Sheriff Court that Legg had been working as a bar supervisor at the Frigate Bar and Bistro in the Wester Ross fishing village since May, 2014.
Mr Morton said: “On February 25, 2015, police received intelligence that someone was using the premises’ IP address to download indecent images of children.
“Legg resided alone in staff accommodation above the bar and that staff were aware of the password to access the wifi so they could pass it on to customers.
“Police found and seized two computers in his accommodation and he told officers at the time that they would find something not pleasant on them.
“The computers were subsequently analysed and the videos and still were found.”
The court heard 38 of the videos were of the most serious scale of abuse, involving male and female children aged between six and 14. Mr Morton said that in total, they ran for more than 48 hours.
Of the still images, 113 were of the most serious.
Sentence was deferred for background reports until March 7, but has been put on the sex offenders’ register in the meantime.