A BOGUS workman who was part of a gang who fleeced elderly victims has been given extra jail time for possessing child porn.
George Flannigan, 25, was found with videos placed in the category for the most serious content.
Flannigan, of Stirling Road, Milnathort, but currently in jail in England, appeared for sentencing at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.
He previously admitted that between March 11 and April 3, 2017, on the A92 Kirkcaldy to Lochgelly road, at his home and elsewhere, he was in possession of indecent photographs of children.
Flannigan, who previously lived in Lochgelly, was found in possession of three videos which were at the most serious level, category A.
The court was told Flannigan was from the travelling community but had settled down with his wife and they have two children together.
Sheriff Charles MacNair said: “These films were of the worst sort.” He jailed Flannigan for 190 days to run consecutively to his current sentence.
Flannigan was also put on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years.
Flannigan is currently in jail in Durham, having been jailed for three years and 11 months for fraud at Teesside court in December.
He was part of a gang of bogus workmen who preyed on elderly victims, scamming them out of thousands of pounds.
Flannigan was also jailed for 15 months at Elgin Sheriff Court in May last year for similar crimes.
He took advantage of the “trusting nature” of three Buckie residents in their 80s to pocket cash by grossly overcharging them for work.
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