SEX OFFENDER ADMITS TO EXTREME ANIMAL AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
A man accused of possessing a collection of highly inappropriate pornography has admitted to owning images that included animals such as pigs, hamsters, horses, and a cobra.Istvan Elek was discovered with this illicit material on his phone after requesting members of a WhatsApp group to share disturbing animal videos and pictures.
The 54-year-old appeared before Perth Sheriff Court, confessing to charges of possessing banned adult content depicting animals and humans engaged in sexual acts.
Residing in Kinross at the time, Elek acknowledged possessing such imagery at his former residence in Milnathort from November 13, 2021, to February 14, 2024.
He also admitted to downloading indecent images of children at the same location between August 15 and September 4, 2023.
Additionally, he confessed to possessing other indecent child images from May 11, 2022, to February 14, 2024, and to distributing both child and extreme animal pornography during late 2022 up to February 2024.
Sheriff Paul Brown ordered Elek to register as a sex offender and postponed sentencing to allow for social work reports, with further court proceedings scheduled.
Elek faced multiple charges, including the possession of extreme pornography over a two-year span.
He also acknowledged additional counts related to taking, permitting the taking of, or distributing indecent images of minors, and sharing obscene material.
Evidence presented in court revealed he was an active participant in online chat groups engaged in sharing sexual abuse files.
His internet search history showed an interest in pornography involving animals such as horses, pigs, dogs, and creatures like cobras and hamsters.
During a subsequent court appearance for sentencing, Elek attempted to change his plea to not guilty.
His solicitor, Lyndsey Barber, explained that her firm had to withdraw from representing him following this decision, as Elek’s friends and family allegedly encouraged him to reconsider his plea.
Originally, Elek had pleaded guilty based on legal advice and an agreed set of facts.
Before sentencing resumed, he was given the opportunity to speak with a duty solicitor who noted that Elek maintained his stance and believed a plea withdrawal would not succeed.
The case was adjourned until next month for further discussion, during which Elek was advised to consult with a solicitor.
Officers in Dundee also intercepted a situation where a member of the public observed a repeat offender attempting to conceal a knife in the city centre in front of police officers.
—————————————————————————————————— A sexual weirdo who distributed 'SNAKE and PIGS' being raped and abused by humans has been banned from keeping animals and told to stay away from play parks.
Istvan Elek admitted having and sharing a collection of extreme pornography featuring pigs, hamsters, dogs, horses and a cobra plus images of young children being abused.
Elek has been banned from approaching under-16s and told that he is not allowed to "own or care for any animals." Sheriff Paul Brown ordered Elek to carry out 300 hours unpaid work in the community and placed him on the sex offenders register for five years.
He placed him on a curfew for six months and ordered him to attend the Tay Project rehab course for sexual offenders as a direct alternative to custody.
Elek was also made subject to a conduct requirement which includes limiting his internet and social media use and he cannot form any new "intimate or domestic relationship" without telling social workers.
Elek was found with the deviant material on his phone after asking others on a WhatsApp group to send him twisted images featuring animals.
The 56-year-old appeared at Perth Sheriff Court and admitted having banned pornography featuring women having sex with animals.
Elek, from Kinross, admitted possessing extreme pornographic images at his former home in Milnathort between 13 November 2021 and 14 February 2024.
He also admitted downloading indecent images of children at the same address in Marshall Place between 15 August and 4 September 2023.
Elek admitted possessing indecent images of children between 11 May 2022 and 14 February 2024.
He also admitted distributing child and extreme animal porn between 29 September 2022 and Valentine's Day in 2024.
The welder flooded international bestiality networks with stomach-turning films of people having sex with animals.
Elek downloaded illicit files from various dark web group chats where likeminded perverts shared grotesque clips of women and children engaging in sex acts with animals.
Elek also shared hundreds of sick files with the groups, which contained "a vast number" of members and went under Spanish-language names.
By the time police finished analysing the enormous cache of filth on the phone and two laptops they seized on their first trip to his home, Elek had bought a new mobile and amassed hours' more sick footage.
Officers raided his home and found a mobile phone device which showed Elek ran accounts called "BeastForum," "BarnLove" and "PetSex".
On the phone, police found 481 files, including 102 videos with a run time of more than two hours.
Some of the material dated back to May 2022.
The vile material depicted boys and girls aged from two to 14 being sexually abused by adults, other children and animals.
Police also discovered 3,448 "extreme pornography" files on the mobile, including 1,267 videos which, if played back-to-back, would have run for more than 46 hours.
Among them was a clip of a masked woman engaging in a sex act with a pig and a dog.
Analysis of the phone showed Elek had been searching online for the terms "zoophilia and bestiality videos, pig porn, Asian zoo porn, porn cobra and zoo hamster." He explained to police he was a member of a depraved group chat in which extreme pornography or beastiality images was being shared.
Sheriff Brown told Elek "this is a serious matter" after rejecting his bid to withdraw his guilty plea to the child porn
