Twisted James Joyce — who also has a previous conviction for indecently assaulting two young children — was busted earlier this year after seeking out 195 photos and storing them on his computer in folders named after music albums.

The 65-year-old, from Drumry, was previously jailed and has also been placed on the sex offenders register until at least 2025.

ABUSE It comes after he was convicted of approaching three different sex workers in the east end of Glasgow over the course of a year with a view to them finding a youngster for him to abuse as well as asking them to film the abuse of children.

Last week Joyce appeared in the dock at Dumbarton Sheriff Court after previously admitting to having indecent images of children between March 7 and 17 this year at an address in Drumry.

Peter Young, defending, said Joyce had obtained the images in a deliberate attempt to get himself locked up again as he didn’t think he could still receive support after his supervision period ended at the tail end of last year.

He added: “His position is he did commit this offence to alert the authorities to be returned to custody.” Mr Young also said that Joyce knew that he was facing prison time and that the only question was how long he would get.

Sarah Healing, prosecuting, previously told the court how police had seized an HP laptop and a hard drive from Joyce’s living room and that evidence of indecent images was discovered following an initial examination at the scene.

A full examination was later carried out while Joyce was detained and taken to Clydebank Police Office and the laptop was found to have nearly 200 pictures of children ranging between levels one and four. Images at level five are classified as the worst.

DISGUISE It was also revealed that Joyce had sought out the images from a peer to peer file sharing network and that the haul of images had been stored in folders created by him with details of music albums to disguise the content.

He was interviewed but refused to answer most of the questions put to him and was subsequently cautioned and charged.

Sheriff Thomas McCartney told Joyce he had made a “calculated and deliberate” search for images of children which he had filed in folders under titles that would not make the contents of the images obvious.

He said the number and nature of his previous convictions played a significant factor in his decision to impose an extended prison sentence comprising two years and four months in custody and a further five years on licence starting after Joyce is freed. He warned Joyce if he did not comply with the conditions of the licence he would be returned to prison.