Child sex predator jailed after deleting internet history as sheriff slams creep

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A child sex predator is back behind bars after breaching the conditions of his Sexual Offences Prevention Order. Former UK Passport Office employee Robert Gibson, 44, was made the subject of a strict Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) in November 2020.

The order was imposed to protect the public after he was released from prison over a jail term imposed for sending a nude picture to someone he thought was a 12-year-old girl.

On Friday, Gibson, of Mimosa Road, Bridge of Weir, appeared in the dock from custody at Paisley Sheriff Court to admit breaching the terms of his SOPO by deleting his internet browsing history after watching pornography.Procurator fiscal depute Dana Barclay told the court: “Gibson was released from prison and made subject to a SOPO.“One of his conditions prohibits him from deleting internet browser search history, chat logs and text messages.“On April 11, 2022, PC McPherson received intelligence that Gibson had been searching for sexual content, including pornography, using the search engine Google.“Police officers attended at his home address and examined his phone.“It appeared there had been no access to sexual material on the internet history of the phone.“The phone was seized for further analysis, which detailed that the accused had accessed pornography and sexual content between March 4 and April 10.“The accused was arrested, had a telephone consultation with his lawyer and made no reply to caution and charge.”Defence agent Kirsty McGeehan told the court the beast is now unemployed.Ms McGeehan added: “This is an accelerated diet with Mr Gibson pleading guilty at the earliest opportunity.“He is subject to vigilante groups and lives a solitary existence.“Mr Gibson knew remote monitoring