Edinburgh’s DJ DAV pleads responsible to little one intercourse offences

Edinburgh-based DJ DAV has pleaded responsible to little one intercourse offences.

The DJ – actual title Dave Angelo Valdez – appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Courtroom final Thursday (April 17), the place he pleaded responsible to possessing indecent photos of kids and inflicting a baby to have interaction in sexual exercise.

Per a report from the Daily Record, Valdez, 25, coerced a 14-year-old woman to ship him indecent photos and carry out intercourse acts for him on-line, whereas recording the footage on a cell phone. He then reportedly despatched “5 to 10” photos of himself masturbating to the sufferer.

Fiscal deputy Cheryl Porter mentioned that Valdez had made preliminary contact with the kid, who lives in England, on a chat web site, earlier than transferring their conversations to Skype in January 2021.

The footage was found when police raided his dwelling in Edinburgh’s Outdated City final yr, after receiving intelligence on his crimes. In addition they reportedly discovered “round 2000” indecent photos of kids as younger as 4 years outdated on seven cell phones, dated between April 2019 and March 2021.

The court docket was informed that a whole bunch of the photographs had been rated as “Class A”, probably the most excessive class for prohibited photos of kids underneath Scottish regulation.

Valdez will likely be sentenced by the Edinburgh Sheriff Courtroom subsequent month. Sheriff Matthew Auchincloss mentioned {that a} custodial sentence is the most probably final result, per the Each day Document.

He has been positioned on the intercourse offenders register and instructed by a sheriff to “get your affairs so as”, as he faces a prolonged jail time period when he returns for sentencing.

Underneath the DJ title DAV, Valdez recurrently carried out throughout nightclubs in Edinburgh over the previous 4 years, together with The Mash Home, Cabaret Voltaire and Superico.

For assist, recommendation or extra data relating to sexual harassment, assault and rape within the UK, go to the Rape Crisis charity website. Within the US, go to RAINN.