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A Peterhead exhibitionist has been locked up after videos and pictures of him pleasuring himself around Buchan were discovered on his mobile phone.

Rory Kerr first hit the headlines in 2021 when it was revealed he appalled neighbours by spending up to four hours a day carrying out sex acts in his Boddam back garden.

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A "depraved" former prison officer who denied having a sexual attraction to children and instead insisted he abused two young girls for "a sense of danger and excitement" has been jailed for 13 years.

Russell Maitland, 37, admitted a number of offences, including raping and sexually abusing one girl and sexually assaulting a second.

A court heard the first victim was sexually assaulted between the ages of four and 12 and raped between the ages of seven and 11.

The second victim was sexually abused between the ages of four and six.

Judge Summers told Maitland: "The charges to which you have pled guilty include charges involving a horrific catalogue of sexual violence perpetrated against two girls."

The judge said he was concerned with the criminal justice social work report, which noted while Maitland accepted responsibility for the offences, he denied having a sexual attraction to children.

Judge Summers stated: "You suggest these offences were committed because of need for 'a sense of danger and excitement'. That is difficult to accept."

The judge noted that Maitland's abuse of the second girl continued despite the first victim having reported his behaviour to Police Scotland.

He stated Maitland's conduct was for his "own deviant sexual ends".

Judge Summers made reference to the victim impact statements, noting the girls "each struggle on a daily basis" due to Maitland's abuse.

The judge said: "In relation to each of these children your offending was persistent and pervasive.

"It was carried out on a number of occasions over a number of years.

"Your offending was calculated and it was predatory. It was almost unimaginably depraved. It is hard to comprehend the harm that this will have caused."

The offences took place in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, and in Aberdeen.

Maitland was handed a 16-year extended sentence at the High Court in Aberdeen on Tuesday, with 13 years in jail and three years on licence once released back into the community.

He was also added to the sex offenders' register indefinitely and was banned from contacting his victims.

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A dangerous sex offender who abducted and raped a man at gunpoint will find out later this week if he is going to the subject to life-long monitoring.

Nathan Sim was found guilty of the sustained and brutal attack following a trial at the High Court in Aberdeen in August.

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A serial Aberdeen flasher has “worryingly” escalated his crimes to sexual assault after targeting a woman in a city centre post office.

Victor Rae, 53, appeared in the dock at Aberdeen Sheriff Court where he admitted touching his victim inside the branch at the St Nicholas Centre.

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A serial sex offender is back behind bars after breaching a court order by deleting his call history – to hide his use of legal adult chat lines.

Matthew Taylor started using phone sex lines after growing tired of AI (artificial intelligence) apps to gain sexual gratification.

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A voyeur electrician who hid cameras in people’s homes and secretly filmed women in their bedrooms and bathrooms over a 10-year period has been jailed for two years and eight months.

James Denholm, 34, admitted a string of offences which were carried out in Aberdeen.

He recorded some women having sex and others using the toilet, showering or changing.

The offences only came to light after one woman found a device hidden under her bed. Police were called in, and the full scale of his crimes then emerged.

One shocked victim - who was secretly filmed having sex - told BBC Scotland News that what Denholm had done to her and others was "disgusting".

At Aberdeen Sheriff Court, Denholm admitted 15 offences involving 17 people at various addresses, many of which were under the Sexual Offences Scotland Act, between 2013 and 2023.

Two of the charges were said to have been committed in the course of his work as an electrician, while others related to people for whom he had previously carried out work.

He also took photos and videos from outside his victims’ homes, and filmed himself having sex with women without their knowledge.

The offending against one of the victims spanned a period of five years. This included taking a sex doll and lingerie into her home, dressing it in items of her clothing, and taking photos of it.

He also took or permitted to be taken or made indecent images or pseudo photos of children between 2007 and 2012.

Denholm was jailed for two years and eight months, then placed under supervision for a further two years and six months. His name was also added to the sex offenders register.

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A paedophile who was snared by chat logs that showed him asking a teenage boy to send him sexual images has avoided a prison sentence.

Andrew Easton, 39, appeared in the dock at Aberdeen Sheriff Court where he admitted downloading and distributing disturbing indecent images of children to others on the internet.

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A former offshore worker who was jailed over the attempted rape of a 12-year-old girl has been fined after he sexually assaulted an NHS nurse.

Thomas Donald, who suffers from poor mobility, pleaded guilty to slapping the female nurse by slapping her on the backside as she tried to assist him in getting into a shower at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

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A former Spandau Ballet singer from Aberdeen has been unmasked as a “prolific predatory” sex offender after being found guilty of rape, sexual assault and voyeurism.

Ross William Wild, whose real name is Ross Davidson, was found guilty of a string of sickening offences which the depraved singer had video recorded on his mobile phone.

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An Aberdeen sex offender found with more than two days’ worth of child abuse video has been warned he has narrowly avoided going to jail.

Michal Lauryn appeared in the dock at Aberdeen Sheriff Court where he admitted possessing more than 10,000 indecent images of children and hours of video – some of which featured “sadistic” content.

The 26-year-old was snared when police raided his home and seized his devices, where they found a large amount of indecent material.

It was stated that some of the children found within the pictures and video were as young as three years old.

Lauryn’s solicitor told the court that his client insists he has “no attraction to children” but is “addicted to pornography”.

Lauryn is subject to the sex offenders register for three years and ordered that he take part in a sex offender’s programme.

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A Huntly man has been placed on the sex offenders register after police raided his home and found his device full of indecent images and videos of children.

Christopher Barron, 29, appeared in the dock at Aberdeen Sheriff Court where he admitted having over 400 images and around 40 videos featuring child abuse.

Some of the children featured in the footage were aged as young as four.

Barron also admitted being in possession of a multi-tool knife – that included several blades – when he was taken into police custody at an Aberdeenshire garden centre. 

Fiscal depute Jennifer Pritchard told the court that on April 13 last year Police Scotland received intelligence that indecent images had been uploaded to the internet via the Kik application.

It was linked to a device that that was connected to the internet at Barron’s address.

A search warrant was granted, and police officers attended at Barron’s home in Huntly on May 29 2023 where officers found several devices, including a mobile phone.

The phone, which belonged to Barron, was examined and found to contain many indecent images and videos of children.

Around 132 Category A images and 30 Category A videos, 155 Category B images and 10 videos and 124 images and 9 Category C videos were discovered on the phone.

The children featured, most of whom were girls, were between four and 15 years old.

Ms Pritchard said the total runtime for the videos was more than 36 minutes.

When police arrested Barron on the same morning they had raided his house they found him in possession of a multi-tool knife within his backpack as they placed him in a van.

In the dock, Barron pleaded guilty to one charge of downloading and uploading indecent images of children.

He also admitted being found in possession of a knife.

His solicitor, Mike Monro, called for background reports on his client before sentencing.

Sheriff Andrew Miller deferred sentence on Barron, of West Court, Huntly, for a criminal justice social work report and a restriction of liberty order assessment to be done.

He also made Barron subject to the sex offenders register.

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A "predatory" man who raped a woman he met on the dating app Tinder has been jailed for seven years.

Alisdair Randalls had been out drinking when he persuaded the woman to leave her home and accompany him to his flat in Aberdeen in December 2015.

The victim made clear she did not wish to engage in sexual activity but Randalls "persisted" and "seized" her by the throat while raping her in the property, a court heard.

He later told the victim he could not remember "anything", the hearing was told.

Randalls was found guilty of one count of rape at the High Court in Aberdeen last month and was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow today.

As well as his jail sentence, he was also banned for life from contacting the woman and was placed on the sex offenders' register indefinitely.

Judge Lord Colbeck said Randalls accepted "no responsibility" for his crime and it had significantly affected the victim's life.

"You show little or no insight in to your offending behaviour and the impact this has had upon your victim," the judge added.

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The mum of a little girl who was followed into a playpark by a flasher has said her daughter is now terrified to walk anywhere on her own.

Jack Allan appeared in the dock at Aberdeen Sheriff Court where he admitted exposing himself to the child – then aged just nine – in a public park in the Kincorth area of the city.

Following the incident, Allan, a serial sex offender, was later seen on his balcony carrying out a sex act in full view of the public.

Jailing the 47-year-old for nearly two years, Sheriff Graham Buchanan condemned Allan for the “serious psychological harm” his actions have caused the child.

Outside court, the child’s mum described Allan as an “animal” and confirmed that her daughter was still living with the impact of what happened that summer day.

“She has lost a lot of her confidence and she refuses to walk anywhere on her own anymore,” her mum said.

“She won’t even walk to school unless she has a friend or an adult with her.”

The woman added she was glad Allan had been shown “no leniency” by Sheriff Buchanan and hoped her family could now move on from the incident.

Allan followed child into a park

Fiscal depute Rebecca Thompson told the court that at around 12.05pm on July 25 last year, the girl was on Matthews Road when she became aware of Allan walking towards her.

As he approached, she saw that he was exposing his private parts out of the top of his trousers.

They crossed paths, but Allan did not speak and the girl turned onto a lane that led to a playpark.

“She was still on her own at the time but played in the park for a few minutes,” Ms Thompson said.

“She then saw the accused again who was nearby at the park – he began walking towards her.”

Due to feeling scared, the little girl ran from the area but passed by Allan on her way out of the playpark and saw that he was still exposing himself.

Woman catches Allan half-naked

Almost half an hour later, a woman was walking on the nearby Webster Road when she saw Allan sitting on a chair on a balcony wearing nothing from the waist down.

She also saw he was carrying out a sex act.

Allan saw the woman could see him and got up and went back into his home.

The child told her mum about what had happened later that night and she contacted the police.

The woman who saw Allan on his balcony contacted police the following day to report what she had seen.

CCTV footage was checked and it showed Allan approaching the little girl and then, in a later frame, her running away from where Allan had just been.

In the dock, Allan pleaded guilty to one charge of exposing himself to a child and a second charge of intentionally engaging in sexual activity in full view of the public.

His defence solicitor, Christopher Maitland, told the court Allan was aware that his actions were “shameful” that day and had shown “genuine shame and regret for what he did”.

The solicitor added: “Mr Allan said that he thought he could address his offending himself – he accepts his own arrogance about that.

“He knows there are no excuses for his behaviour and wishes to apologise to the people involved here and everybody affected by his actions.

“His regrets, remorse and shame appear to be genuine.”

‘She won’t go near the park anymore’

However, Sheriff Graham Buchanan told Mr Maitland that it was “abundantly clear” that the child involved had been “significantly impacted” by his client’s actions.

“The little girl now won’t go anywhere on her own and needs constant reassurance,” he said.

“She won’t go near the park anymore – she has suffered serious psychological harm because of what this man did.”

Sentencing Allan, Sherif Buchanan pointed out to him that he had previous convictions for sexual offending and described the charge involving the girl as “particularly unpleasant”.

“This has resulted in your victim, a nine-year-old girl, suffering very significant trauma – she has been seriously affected by what you did that day.”

Sheriff Buchanan sentenced Allan, of Webster Road, Aberdeen, to 22 months in prison with a three-year supervised release order.

He also placed Allan on the sex offenders register for 10 years and made him subject to a non-harassment order, meaning he cannot approach his victim for life.

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An offshore worker has been found guilty of molesting a 14-year-old girl as she slept in her bed.

Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard Darren Rutherford crept into the teenager’s bedroom and sexually assaulted her in the early hours of the morning.

Rutherford, 44, pleaded not guilty to the allegation but was convicted after a jury heard there was DNA evidence that backed up his victim’s claims.

The court was told the sickening attack has “changed how the victim lives her life”.

A jury took just over an hour to find Rutherford unanimously guilty of one charge of sexual assault, which included penetrative sexual assault, at an address in Aberdeen.

Sheriff Miller deferred sentence on Rutherford, of Laws Road, Aberdeen, until March 4 this year in order for a criminal justice social work report and a restriction of liberty order assessment to be carried out.

The sheriff also made Rutherford subject to the sex offenders register.

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A married barman who raped a teenage girl in bushes near a popular Oban music and wedding venue has been jailed.

Anouar Ben Said, 36, pounced on his 19-year-old victim after she had left a pub six hours after meeting colleagues for drinks.

The disgusting predator attacked the terrified young woman in bushes near the car park of The Corran Halls in the early hours of  August 13th 2021.

A jury at the High Court in Stirling was told that the off-duty hotel worker put his hand over the victim’s mouth, removed her clothing and raped her – leaving behind his DNA.

The sex offender from Tunisia went on trial after pleading not guilty to rape – claiming the sex was consensual – but prosecutor David Logan described the ordeal as “a nightmare”.

Anouar Ben Said was living in Oban at the time of the ‘nightmare’ rape

Jurors didn’t believe Ben Said as they heard evidence over a three-day trial.

Witnesses told the court they had seen the teenage girl come “sprinting” out of the bushes “screaming” or crying.

She received scratches to her face from twigs and branches as she fled through the undergrowth.

The stricken young woman collapsed “distraught” when she found people she knew in the car park and later spoke of what had happened.

Judge Lord Weir told jurors they were entitled to take evidence of her distress into account.

Ben Said jailed for the rape near The Corran Halls in Oban

The jury of eight men and seven women took under three hours to find Ben Said guilty of rape.

They reached the verdict unanimously.

Lord Weir revoked bail and deferred sentence until January 12 next year at the High Court in Edinburgh.

He told Ben Said he had been found guilty of “a very serious and concerning rape”.

Andrew Crosbie, defending the now-convicted criminal, reserved mitigation for the sentencing hearing in the new year.