Two perverts will have to wait another month to find out how long they might spend in jail for their role in Scotland's worst paedophile ring.

38-year-old James Rennie and 40-year-old Neil Strachan were snared alongside six other men linked through online chat rooms. The others have already been jailed for a total of 43 years.

The pair appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday to hear that sentencing had been further deferred until October 29.

Rennie had been chief executive of a sexual advice centre for teenagers until his sordid double life was exposed.

A jury found him guilty of offering to let friends abuse a baby boy he was looking after.

Strachan sent Rennie a photo of himself abusing another youngster who was only 18-months old.

He was also found guilty of sex and child porn offences after a marathon trial finished in May this year.

But judge Lord Bannatyne is considering a form of life sentence for paint engineer Strachan and former LGBT Youth Scotland boss Rennie.

Such sentences - known as Orders for Lifelong Restriction - require thorough and far-reaching background reports before a judge can impose them.

The two month trial which ended in May this year heard how a computer hard drive linked to Strachan was sent for repair and found to contain indecent pictures of young boys.

Strachan had also sent a photo of himself having sex with an 18-month-old boy to Rennie, computer experts discovered.

A major investigation was launched and the other men were traced through e-mails and internet chat-logs.

The 18-month investigation also revealed that Rennie also sent out sick e-mails offering access to a little boy he had been baby-sitting since the tot was only three months old, and regularly abused the youngster himself.

Both men have been in custody since their arrest.