A pervert who sent videos of himself carrying out a sex act over items of children’s clothing has been banned from playparks or anywhere designed for kids.
Martin Lipscombe took photos of a 12-year-old girl and kids’ clothing on a washing line in Edinburgh which he sent to another male.
Lipscombe and the unknown male discussed what they’d like to do with the youngster over WhatsApp messages.
The 30-year-old appeared for sentencing at the city’s sheriff court on Monday after the case had earlier been deferred for reports.
Sheriff Douglas Keir put Lipscombe on a community payback order with two years of supervision.
Lipscombe was placed on the sex offenders register for the same period.
Sheriff Keir banned Lipscombe, of the city’s Leith area, from entering the grounds of schools, nurseries, playparks or anywhere else designed for children.
The sheriff also ordered him to engage with rehabilitation programmes for sex offenders and prohibited him from communicating with under-18s.
At a hearing in June when Lipscombe pled guilty, fiscal depute Anna Robertson said police carried out an intelligence-led search of Lipscombe’s home and “several” videos were found on devices at the address.
The court heard videos showed Lipscombe masturbating over an item of children’s clothing which Ms Robertson said “appeared to be a dress”.
She said the second male was seen masturbating over pictures of children wearing “gymnastic clothing”.
Lipscombe admitted taking photos of a 12-year-old girl playing in a garden and of children’s clothing on a washing line. The court heard Lipscombe sent these images to the other male and they “discussed the child in a sexual context” including having her watch him masturbate.
Ms Robertson said cops recovered 2170 messages between the pair with 274 attachments.
Lipscombe pled guilty to threatening and abusive behaviour by sending the videos and photos between June 1 and July 1 last year.
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