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A deviant was caught with vile footage of a woman having sex with a HORSE on his phone.

Pervert Andrew Slaven was found guilty of possessing the filth – rated the most depraved on the pornographic scale.

And the disgusting 30-second video clip was aired in front of a shocked Ayr courtoom this week.

The sordid footage was evidence in the trial against the convicted stalker, and fortunately only a handful of court officials had to sit through it.

Slaven, 39, had denied the offence, and failed to convince Sheriff Norman McFadyen that he didn’t download the perverted material.

Instead, the overhead linesman claimed that one of his workmates could have done so when he left his phone in a van.

However, his lame excuse claim didn’t cut any ice with Ayr Sheriff Court, and he was convicted of having images showing, in an explicit and realistic way, a sexual act between a female and a horse.

Slaven, of Minnoch Crescent in Maybole, exercised his right to make no comment to the charge against him.

However, the court was told that the phone containing the film was discovered in his possession by officers at Maybole police station in September last year.

The guilty verdict comes almost six months after he was convicted of a horror stalking campaign against a hairdresser in his home town.

The 38-year-old victim was terrorised by former lover Slaven, who pursued her with more than 2500 mobile calls and texts over four months.

He was fined just £300 and ordred to stay away from her home and business for the next five years after admitting his campaign of fear.

Defending Slaven this week, lawyer Peter Lockhart said: “We’ve got only a 30-second video clip, and no indecent images of children.

“Without going into details, it’s a female adult. It’s a one-off image that’s been found on his phone.”

And he pointed out that prior to the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act of 2010 it was not an offence to have such a video.

But under the legislation it is categorised as level six – the most extreme pornography.

The court heard that Slaven has a disposable income of £450 every week.

Sheriff McFadyen won’t sentence Slaven until he sees a social enquiry report.

Extreme pornographic images were shown in an open courtroom in Ayr.

Fortunately only a handful of court officials were there to view a disgusting video.

The images took the form of a 30-second video that Andrew Slaven, 39, had on his mobile phone.

And he was found guilty of having images showing, in an explicit and realistic way, a sexual act between a female and a horse.

Slaven, of 80 Minnoch Crescent in Maybole, had pleaded not guilty to the offence.

And he exercised his right to make no comment to the charge against him.

Defence lawyer Peter Lockhart pointed out that one of his client’s workmates could have downloaded the vile material.

And he argued the prosecution had not excluded the possibility that this is what happened.

For the court heard that Slaven often left his phone in a van, while working as an overhead lineman.

But police evidence made it clear the phone was in Slaven’s possession in Maybole police station on September 14 last year.

And it established there was no doubt over the phone’s ownership.

The prosecution challenged Slaven’s credibility and reliability. And Sheriff Norman McFadyen agreed that Slaven was neither credible nor reliable.

He told Slaven: “The inference can be drawn that you had knowledge, and you are guilty of the charge.”

Mr Lockhart urged the sheriff to consider a financial penalty, pointing out his client was in full-time employment.

He said: “We’ve got only a 30-second video clip, and no indecent images of children.

“Without going into details, it’s a female adult. It’s a one-off image that’s been found on his phone.”

Mr Lockhart pointed out that prior to the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act of 2010 it was not an offence to have such a video.

But under the legislation it is categorised as level six – the most extreme pornography.

The court heard that Slaven has a disposable income of £450 every week.

He pays £75 to his father for board and lodgings, and £189 per week to the Child Support Agency.

Sheriff McFadyen won’t sentence Slaven until he sees a social enquiry report.