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Kieran Brown
Age 25 · Ayr
Case and court outcome
- Case reference
- O-6169
- Court
- Ayr Sheriff Court
- Plea
- The 24-year-old had pleaded guilty to charges of possessing, and making copies of, the indecent images over a period of 18 months.
- Verdict
- The 24-year-old had pleaded guilty to charges of possessing, and making copies of, the indecent images over a period of 18 months.
Orders and requirements
- Prevention order
- The prosecutor asked for a ‘sexual harm prevention order’ to be imposed on Brown.
- Notification requirements
- Brown, who amassed the disgusting images between September 2021 and February 2023, was added to the sex offenders register after submitting his guilty pleas in July.
Source-checked editorial summary
This record is based on the public reports listed below and was last checked on August 20, 2026. Court outcomes may later change through appeals, resentencing, corrections or updated reporting.
What happened
The linked report from Ayrshire Today identifies Kieran Brown, 25, from Ayr.
The case concerns kieran brown avoids jail for child sexual abuse images.
Kieran Brown hid the horrific images across various digital devices at his address in Churchill Towers on South Harbour Street.
A search warrant was granted, and on February 16 police attended the locus and his brother attended at the door.
Investigation and court case
Brown had entered guilty pleas to charges of possessing, and making copies of, the indecent images over a period of 18 months.
The court heard officers recovered 28 hours of vile video footage, including children aged four to 16 being abused.
Kieran Brown hid his face from the Advertiser's photographer outside Ayr Sheriff Court.
(Image: Charlie Gilmour) The haul included more than 400 videos classed by police as being at ‘category A’ level – the most serious type.
A not guilty plea to a further charge of possessing extreme pornography involving animals was accepted by prosecutors.
Brown's face was shielded by his father from the Advertiser's photographer as he entered the court building.
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Sentence and restrictions
Brown hid his face from the Advertiser's photographer when he turned up at the town's sheriff court to be sentenced.
Brown, who amassed the disgusting images between September 2021 and February 2023, was added to the sex offenders register after submitting his guilty pleas in July.
The prosecutor asked for a ‘sexual harm prevention order’ to be imposed on Brown.
Brown will remain on the sex offenders register throughout the three years of the order.
The Crown's request for a sexual harm prevention order was granted and will strictly limit his access to the internet.