A "DESPICABLE" child molester who branded one of his young victim's a liar has been jailed for nine years nine months.
John Wilson's interest in obscene child pornography triggered him into abusing two girls.
Wilson even claimed one of his victim's was suffering from a mental condition after she found the courage to reveal her ordeal.
When police seized compute
r equipment from his Bathgate home they found he had a cache of paedophile pornography and images of bestiality.
The High Court in Edinburgh heard that Wilson, 46, had been assessed as posing a very high risk of harm to children.
A judge told Wilson that background reports prepared on the sex offender revealed "a very disturbing picture".
Lord Malcolm said: "Triggered by your interest in images of child pornography you forcibly abused two girls in a wholly disgraceful manner which is bound to have caused substantial damage to them."
"You appear to have no, or very little, insight into the nature and consequences of your conduct. Nor have you shown remorse or regret.
"Indeed at one stage after many years of abuse by you one of your victims summoned up the courage to tell someone about what happened.
You then successfully branded her as a liar and claimed she was suffering from a psychiatric condition," said the judge.
Lord Malcolm told him: "It is hard to imagine more despicable conduct."
The judge told Wilson that he would have jailed him for a total of 13 years for his sex crimes, but for his guilty pleas. He also ordered that he should be kept under supervision for a further five years and put him on the sex offenders' register for life.
Wilson, of Andrew Avenue, Bathgate, earlier admitted three chrages of indecent behaviour committed in West Lothian between 1999 and 2006 and a further offence of indecent assault.
He also pleaded guilty to possessing indecent photos or pseudo-photos of children with a view to them being distributed or shown.
Wilson, a £30,000-a-year service engineer, admitted looking at the materiel and said he was "curious about them".
Defence solicitor advocate Jim Keegan said Wilson had never been in trouble before and added: "He has expressed deep regret for everything."
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