A serial sex offender caught with indecent pictures and videos of children as well as a secret Snapchat account has been jailed for two years.
Ryan Chlopuk, who had been previously placed on the sex offenders register, was caught out by routine police checks on his mobile phone.
The court had previously heard that police checks of 29-year old Chlopuk’s mobile phone in February last year uncovered 35 indecent videos and 13 indecent still images of children. Police also found an undeclared Snapchat account with the username “jakethedaddy20”.
He appeared for sentencing at Inverness Sheriff Court having previously pled guilty to taking, permitting to be taken, or making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children as well as failing to comply with the notification requirements of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
Routine checks found 22 category A videos
The earlier hearing was told that 22 of the videos and one of the still images were classified as category A – the most severe. Nine of the videos and three of the images were category B while the rest were category C.
Sentencing Chlopuk, of Saltburn, Invergordon, to 24 months in jail, Sheriff Sara Matheson told him: “Twenty-two videos of the worst kind possible make this a very serious matter for the court.”
Sex offender banned from contact with children
As well as imposing the prison sentence, Sheriff Matheson made Chlopuk subject to a sexual offences prevention order for 10 years.
The order bans him from having contact or communication with children and requires him to seek police permission for where he lives and works as well as for any relationships with women.
It also prevents him from owning more than two devices with internet access, using third party apps without police permission, using private browsing mode or deleting his internet history.
He will also be required to install remote monitoring software on his devices in future.
Chopluk has also been placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years as well as being added to the children’s list – a register of people deemed unsuitable to work with children.
