A CHILDREN’S charity has welcomed a prison sentence for a Johnstone pervert who hoarded horrific films of child rape at his parents’ home.

David Munro, 48, who also distributed movies depicting the sexual abuse of youngsters over the internet to other paedophiles, has been ordered to spend 27 months behind bars.

He was sentenced at Paisley Sheriff Court last week and will also be placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register for 10 years.

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A spokesman for NSPCC Scotland called for stricter measures to be introduced in a bid to deter perverts like Munro from committing such vile crimes.

He told The Gazette: “The distribution of child abuse images is a global criminal industry and the war against it is only just beginning.

“Behind every image is a real child suffering appalling abuse and, through downloading and accessing these images, Munro has fuelled the demand for this awful material to be produced.

“NSPCC Scotland works in schools and in the community to protect children and is campaigning for internet companies to do far more to prevent vile abuse images from being produced and circulated in the first place.”

Munro, of Peockland Gardens, was caught with a stash of illegal images and films following a child protection operation by police.

A search warrant was granted and the raid took place on the morning of November 29 last year.

Officers who swooped on the home where Munro lived with his elderly parents recovered his laptop computer and found 80 indecent pictures showing girls as young as four being abused by grown men.

Munro had also hoarded a total of 79 obscene movies depicting sexual abuse of youngsters.

The majority of these were classed as ‘Category A’ – the most depraved level of child sex abuse.

Munro admitted taking or permitting to be taken a quantity of indecent images of children between May 12 and November 27 last year.

He also pleaded guilty to a charge of distributing indecent images of children between October 1 and October 16 last year.

Of the moving images of children that were discovered, 51 were classed as Category A, with 18 described as Category B and 10 others in Category C.

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Munro’s jail sentence was reduced from 36 months to 27 months due to his admission of guilt.

Any adult who is concerned about the welfare of a child or young person can call the NSPCC helpline for free at any time on 0808 800 5000.

Youngsters can seek support by calling Childline at any time on 0800 1111.