A Bishopbriggs Paedophile, James McDowall, using the alias P Diddy, requested a ‘mother’ to email him images of child exploitation before to the arrival of his ‘spouse.’
James McDowall, alias James Spence, 28, was conversing with a police officer acting as a ‘decoy.’
James McDowall, already listed on the sex offenders register, contacted the alleged 31-year-old Filipino mother online.
Glasgow Sheriff Court was informed that James McDowall expressed an interest in “videos depicting the sexual abuse of children.”
The decoy told McDowall who went by the username ‘CuriousGeorge’ that she had “daughters” aged 12 and eight-years-old.
James McDowall offered to pay money for pictures of physical and sexual abuse.
James McDowall later said: “Send video of you being mean to her and we can talk.
“Be fast, I have less than one hour before wife and kids are home.”
Police traced James McDowall’s number used in the conversations, and his sexual offending history was uncovered.
Officers raided James McDowall’s home and seized his black iPhone, which contained images of child exploitation and abuse.
This included 329 still images of girls aged between two and 14 as well as 172 moving images of girls aged between 0 and 14-years-old.
James McDowall was also found to have distributed 51 moving images and four images of “extreme pornography” on various chat applications.
He was found to have used a number of usernames on these apps including “PdDdy14891” and “Ihavewhatuneed”.
James McDowall pled guilty to attempting to obtain sexual services of children and possession of indecent photographs.
He also admitted taking, or permitting, or making indecent photographs of children and distributing indecent photographs of children and extreme pornography.
The charges span between July 2015 and February 2024.
Sentence was deferred pending background reports by Sheriff Michael Hanlon.
James McDowall, of Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, was put on the sex offenders register and had his remand in custody continued.
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