Robert Lightband immediately started downloading child abuse material on his release from prison
A disgraced teacher posed as a lawyer to send a child abuse fantasy letter to a jailed paedophile he had met in prison, a court heard.
Robert Lightband wrote "legal correspondence" on the envelope of the 14-page document to Jason Jordan to avoid prison staff opening it.
A court heard the letter contained "graphic and distressing" descriptions of the abuse of children.
Lightband, 70, will be sentenced in February.
The former history teacher, who was sacked from Dundee's Menzieshill High School in 2002 for possessing child abuse material, was jailed for four months on a separate indecent images charge last March.
Acquainted in prison
Dundee Sheriff Court was told that Lightband had "acquainted" Jordan in Perth Prison's sex offender unit.
Depute fiscal Vicki Bell told the court that Lightband was released from prison last May.
She said: "The letter purported to be legal correspondence from 'Goodwin Moir'."
"In general prison staff don't open legal mail.
"Staff checked the Law Society website and there was no firm of Goodwin Moir listed.
"They opened the letter and it contained references to sexual abuse of children."
'Distressing descriptions'
Ms Bell said the letter also referred to "a solicitor called Robert Lightband."
She said: "The letter is two typed pages and enclosed a 12-page document containing graphic and distressing descriptions of the abuse of children.
"The addressee is on a lifelong restriction order and it is suspected they met while spending time together in prison.
"The accused's laptop was seized under the terms of his sexual offences prevention order.
"When he was detained he said 'there will be stuff you don't like on the computer'."
Ms Bell said Lightband "freely admitted" downloading indecent images of children following his release from prison.
Lightband, a prisoner at HMP Perth, admitted charges of attempted fraud committed on 29 September last year and breaching a sexual offences prevention order.
Defence solicitor John Boyle said: "There is an entrenched sexual interest in young boys.
"He appreciates he shouldn't have sent such a letter and certainly not in such a way to avoid detection by prison authorities."
- Published9 March 2016
