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26.06.2024 - 13:29 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A musician who told horrified strangers he was 'evil' and shared warped thoughts about buying a baby to abuse is facing jail.
Cameron Shaw, 28, contacted random people via social media using different accounts and struck up conversations. But he quickly moved the chat towards the twisted abuse of youngsters.
Shaw asked one man if he knew anyone who would have a baby for him and that he would even pay 'monthly' for the child.
The fiend added: "Can you help me get a baby or a desperate woman who will have one for me."
He then said he would do 'evil stuff' to the baby and wanted to make the child 'cry a bit' because he enjoyed 'seeing them in pain'. Shaw later told a woman on Telegram that he wanted to 'have a bairn for a couple of hours' and liked to see 'bairns in pain'.
Another man was sent a video by Shaw which showed an 8-month-old baby being sexually abused. The sickened people who were contacted by Shaw in June and July last year took screenshots of what he was sending and reported him to police.
He told officers he was 'disgusted and disturbed' by the allegations being made against him and that he would 'never hurt a child'. A raid of his former bedsit flat in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, found 53 images of child abuse along with 18 videos with many at the most depraved level on various devices.
Shaw, of Fauldhouse, West Lothian, appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court and admitted sending sexual communications. He also pled guilty to possessing indecent images of children between March and July last year.
The court heard Shaw had previously taught youngsters piano as a private tutor and in a formal education setting.
Describing one chat Shaw had with a stranger, depute fiscal Carla McGuire said: "The complainer states that her
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