TV host's twin put on sex offenders' register

THE pervert twin brother of Scots TV host Paul Coia was today ordered to attend a sex offenders’ programme after pleading guilty to charges of downloading child porn.

Gerard Coia, godfather to Paul’s daughter Annalie, downloaded 77 images of naked children on to his home computer and at the Blair Drummond Safari Park, near Stirling, where he ran a cafe.

He stored 75 of the pornographic pictures on discs and printed out others, hiding them from his girlfriend at his Stirling home.

Stirling Sheriff Court was told that a social inquiry report revealed there was a high risk that Coia, 48, could commit offences again.

He was put on probation for three years, the sex offenders’ register for five, and ordered to attend a sex offenders’ treatment course