A CROSSHOUSE hospital worker has been jailed after being caught with a haul of child sex abuse and bestiality images.

Christopher Anderson, who had access to thousands pf patients personal details and medical records through his job in the records department at the hospital, was found with more than 5,000 images of children as young as two-years-old being abused.

He appeared at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court this morning and was sentenced to 22 months imprisonment, placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register for 10 years and made subject to a sexual offences prevention order for five years.

The 29-year-old was also caught with images of adults engaged in sex acts with dogs after police raided his home in Rubie Crescent, Irvine, and seized his laptop.

Twisted Anderson also kept thousands of images on his phone - and even carried two USB drives around with him that were crammed full of abuse files.

He was arrested at his work and taken to the police station to be questioned - where officers discovered the files were just the tip of the iceberg due to his mobile phone and his memory sticks.

The details emerged when Anderson appeared in the dock at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court last month to plead guilty over his sordid stash.

He pleaded guilty to three charges - making child abuse images, possessing the illicit files, and being in possession of "extreme pornographic material" by having beastiality files, between March 2012 and September last year.

He admitted his guilt after the date he began making and possessing the files was changed from being March 2004 - when he was just 14.

Procurator Fiscal Depute Peter Moyes said officers found a total of 4,957 still images and 195 films across the four devices, many of which were at the most extreme level there is, and he was also found to have four still images featuring adults and dogs.

Patricia Leiser, Human Resources Director for NHS Ayrshire and Arran, said: "NHS Ayrshire & Arran takes all matters to do with staff and patient safety and confidentiality extremely seriously. 

"On being alerted to this issue, we can confirm we took immediate action and this individual no longer works for NHS Ayrshire & Arran."