Prosecutors claim Anthony Burns directed and encouraged a woman to sexually abuse a child.
The abuse of a child was at the "clear direction" of Anthony Burns, the prosecution saidThere is no evidence a man directed a woman he met online to abuse a child, a court was told.
His barrister said Mr Burns directed the woman to perform sexual acts on herself but there was no evidence he encouraged action against the child.Prosecutors previously told the jury Mr Burns carried out a "sustained campaign of predatory online sexual behaviour".Man 'directed women to behave in depraved ways'
The jury heard one woman, who is from the US and has been referred to in court as DE for legal reasons, performed sexual acts on herself on a video call with Mr Burns in August 2020.In his closing statement, defence barrister Hugh Forgan said while it was accepted that Mr Burns had been directing DE in the first half of the video, in which she carried out sex acts on herself, there was no evidence he had directed the woman to sexually abuse the child.
"There is no evidence of discussion that these acts would cost any further money. It simply isn't there."
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