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A former Labour councillor has been put on the sex offenders’ list after being caught with indecent images of children and animal porn.

Sean Morton, 36, was once seen as one of Labour’s rising stars and travelled to the US to back Hillary Clinton’s US presidential bid.

But he was suspended by the party last December after being charged by police.

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The ex-Moray ­councillor protested his innocence but yesterday pleaded guilty at Elgin Sheriff Court following disclosure of a further computer report.

Fiscal depute Alison Young said four images of girls aged 10-15 years-old, dated November 11, 2013, had been found on an Apple MacBook computer in a back-up file from iTunes.

There were also images of people having sex with a dog.

Sheriff Chris Dickson deferred sentence until January for reports.