Does anyone else think that 'pervert' isn't quite the right word? Pervert to me suggests someone who tries to sneak a glance as a woman bends over, not someone downloading pictures of kids being raped.
I wonder why Thailand just happened to be plucked out of thin air by his lawyer. Maybe he's not as bad as we think, and he's deliberately screwing his client over by saying the most obvious sex-predator things.