Former children's DJ jailed for sexually exploiting girl

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Logan Donald was also placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely at the High Court in Edinburgh

A former children's DJ has been jailed for three years after targeting an underage girl online for sexual exploitation.

Logan Donald made repeated contact with the 14-year-old and asked her to share intimate images of herself with him and made sexual requests.

Donald, who previously hosted children's discos across central Scotland, was also found to have amassed a collection of child abuse videos and images.

The 21-year-old admitted causing the girl to participate in sexual activity and downloading indecent images of children.

The High Court in Edinburgh heard that search of his home uncovered more than 300 videos of child abuse, with 179 of the most serious type, as well as 450 child abuse images.

Donald was previously prosecuted for sex offences and pled guilty in 2023 to targeting three 13-year-old girls over social media.

He coerced them into sending him explicit images after threatening to kill himself if they did not comply.

Donald's lawyer, Lisa Gillespie KC, said: "He is now experiencing time in custody, which it is to be hoped might prove a salutary lesson to him."

Judge Thomas Welsh KC told Donald that following his release from jail he would be placed under supervision for a further four years.

During that period he will be on licence and can be returned to custody if he breaches its terms.

The judge told him: "The law requires that you are placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely."