Sick babysitter with child-fetish filmed girl, 5, taking off nappy and was caught with stash of prams, buggies and dummies
Daniel Flinter’s actions remained a secret until the video was discovered on his mobile phone
A TWISTED babysitter demanded that a five-year-old girl he was supposed to be looking after put on a baby grow and nappy before filming her taking them off.
Sick Daniel Flinter’s actions remained a secret until the video was discovered on his mobile phone.
Cops then carried out a raid on his home, discovering his bedroom was packed with teddies, dummies, buggies and prams.
The 31-year-old, of Manse Place, Inverkeithing, was babysitting a pal's daughter when he made the film.
Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard how he took the baby grow and nappy with him to babysit, before making the bizarre demand of the child.
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Flinter has now had restrictions placed on his contact with children, and he will be sentenced in court once experts determine if his actions were sexually motivated.
He admitted in April this year that he acted in a threatening or abusive manner towards the child during the incident in which the video was taken.
Defence solicitor Jonathan Matheson-Dear said: "The view in the report is that it’s not possible to state definitively if the offence was sexually motivated.
"It is not able to pinpoint a difficulty.
“There was no physical contact with the child when the child was persuaded to don the items which he had brought with him."
The court was also told how Flinter liked to drink milk from a baby’s bottle.
Sheriff Charles Macnair said: "Whether there’s a sexual element or not, the impact on the child should not be under-estimated when she may find out what happened to her in a few years’ time."
Addressing Flinter, Macnair added: "This was bizarre behaviour on your part. Whatever your own issues that’s a matter for you - what you do in your own bedroom.
"When you inflict that on others, particularly a child, it becomes a matter of public concern."
A community payback order was imposed on Flinter, who will now undergo three years of supervision and carry out 170 hours of unpaid work.
Flinter can no longer have contact with under-16s unless he is accompanied by someone who is aware of the nature of his offence, and is also older than him.