A former soldier who was caught with child abuse images had a bomb stored in a paint tub at the side of his bed when his home was raided.
Detectives who carried out a search of Christopher Moore's home found the munitions - with 'bomb' and 'explosive' clearly written on them - in his bedroom.
At Perth Sheriff Court on Monday, Moore was placed under supervision and on the sex offenders register for two years, and told to complete 230 hours unpaid work.
The court was told bomb disposal experts had to be called upon to assess the danger posed by the illicit stash and they discovered a number of live bullets.
And the court was told that a haul of child porn images was also found when they carried out a systematic search of the miner's former home.
Moore, 37, from Aberdeen, admitted having Link bullets without a firearms certificate in Aberfeldy, Perthshire, on July 27 last year.
He also admitted downloading child abuse images.
Fiscal depute Michael Sweeney told the court: "Confidential information was received that images of children may be held on devices at the address."
Shortly after the search commenced, Moore told officers: "I need to show you something that I'm probably going to get the jail for."
"He made his way to the bedroom," Mr Sweeney said.
"And produced a paint tub from the floor. He removed the lid and stated it contained live ammunition.
"There were two green cylinders with 'bomb' and 'explosive' written thereon. He said he was ex-military and these were trophies.
"Officers contacted bomb disposal but they were advised they did not have to be evacuated. The accused was cautioned and arrested."
Ordnance experts attended the property and were able to establish that the 'bombs' were empty, but they found 16 rounds of live ammunition.
An SD card was found to contain a number of illicit images of children.
He told officers: "I didn't look for it. They were sent to me by someone. I don't like looking at stuff like that."
