link!The sheriff told Davidson: “Viewing and downloading indecent images is part of the process of child sex abuse.“It creates demand for this material and encourages its use.“The sentence has to reflect the nature and extent of the abuse in the images.“Over a period of 17 months you accessed and downloaded more than 13,000 indecent images of children.”Sheriff Brown reduced the sentence from 16 months because of Davidson’s guilty plea.He will be on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years.