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A sleazy postman who hounded four women during his rounds has avoided a jail sentence. Irfan William delivered letters in Glasgow's southside, where he took advantage to harass his victims with unwanted advances.

The 49-year-old was reported to the Royal Mail twice - but it was only after he forced himself on one woman that police were alerted. William pled guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to three charges of stalking and one sexual assault.

The crimes spanned between January 2015 and March 2022. On Tuesday, Sheriff Paul Reid ordered William to do 180 hours of unpaid work and put him under supervision for three years.

William was also tagged for five months keeping him indoors between 7pm and 7am. A non-harassment order against the victims was granted for three years and William remains on the sex offender register.

The sheriff told him: “As far as these matters are concerned, I can advise you that if you appeared before me with a conviction, I would have had no hesitation sending you to prison.”

The earlier hearing was told how William pestered one woman after learning she had given evidence in a court case. He would also knock on her door to make deliveries to attract her attention rather than simply put them through the letterbox.

Creepy William would also go to a cafe in Glasgow's Govanhill where this victim often spent time. Prosecutor Jeremy O’Neill said: “He would buy coffee, sit at the table and stare at her."

The woman eventually stopped going there believing William's behaviour was "predatory". Mr O'Neill went on: "She said that William's actions were definitely a contributing factor in deciding to move house as that is how much he scared her."

The court heard how William pounced on another woman at her home in the city's Battlefield after asking could he come in for a cigarette. He said he had also brought lunch - the victim allowed him in.

After showing that he had brought her pizza and juice, William claimed that he “did not know if he was imposing.” William then asked personal questions about her sex life and if she was married. He told her: "You are my distraction."

William made remarks about the woman's appearance before grabbing her around the stomach and rubbing her arm. Fiscal Mr O'Neill said: “She felt frozen with fear…she walked towards the front door.

“William grabbed her shoulders from behind but she continued to walk and broke free from him. He opened his arms and embraced the woman with a hug. He put his hand on her face and forcefully kissed her cheek.”

A third woman was probed about her relationships. The postie, of Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire, would also insist on chapping the door claiming it was "difficult to push letters through".

This spooked victim had to pretend she had a husband - she even got an ex-partner to answer one time to avoid William. The court heard of the other victim who William spoke to about literature stating to her: "You are always buying books."

Calling the woman by her name, he also asked her about her husband. Mr O'Neill said: "He told her that he would bring round books and coffee and discuss literature but the woman asked him not to do so."

Two of the women contacted Royal Mail after what happened to them. However, William was only arrested after the final incident when he kissed that victim.

Douglas McAllister, defending, told the court that the dad-of-two lost his latest job at Amazon following his conviction. The lawyer added: “He fully accepts the distress and discomfort that his behaviour caused to those involved.

“He has also expressed sincere regret towards his actions on the vulnerable young woman.”

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A Paisley creep has been told his behaviour will revolt society after he admitted to having a haul of indecent child images.

Vile Adam Jalowy was caught with a selection of 172 images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children on two iPhones and a laptop.

Some of the images found on the paedophile’s phone included children aged as young as three years old.

And when police raided the 22-year-old’s Blackstoun Oval property in November 2021, he openly told cops: “It’s on my computer.”

Procurator fiscal depute Michael Cunningham told Paisley Sheriff Court police received information that, on June 14, 2020, a device was connected to the internet and uploaded indecent images of children at Jalowy’s home address. A warrant was later granted.

Mr Cunnigham explained: “At 7.45am on November 1, 2021, police attended the accused’s property with a search warrant. A search was caried out and Jalowy asked to speak to police in the hallway where he stated, ‘It’s on my computer'.

“A black iPhone 13 which the accused claimed ownership of was seized alongside another iPhone and a Macbook. The accused was arrested and taken to Helen Street police station.

“Around 4pm, a cybercrime interim report stated there were child sexual exploitation images consisting of Category A to C depicting male and female children aged approximately three to 14 years old. Jalowy was cautioned and charged and made no response.

Mr Cunningham explained both phones and the Macbook were examined. In total there were 100 videos and 72 images found, some were duplications. The court heard on Jalowy’s iPhone 13, there were three Category A images, two Category B images and four Category C images.

Also on the phone were 14 Category A videos and two Category C videos, all featuring the “sexual exploitation of male and female children aged between three and 14”.

On the Macbook, 49 Category C images were found alongside three Category B and two Category A. Also on the Macbook were 12 Category A and B videos and 23 Category C videos.

Cybercrime cops also examined the other iPhone and found nine images showing the sexual exploitation of children alongside, 18 Category A videos, 12 Category B videos and seven Category C videos.

The twisted creep admitted that on various occasions between March 17, 2021 and November 1, 2021 he was in possession of indecent images of children at his home address.

Jalowy also faced a charge that accused him of being in possession of “extreme pornographic images” that depicted bestiality, but his not guilty plea to this charge was accepted by the Crown.

Defence agent Mark Chambers explained reports would be necessary in this case – highlighting Jalowy has no previous convictions.

Sheriff Eoin McGinty said: “Reports are required for a number of reasons, firstly, I am duty bound to call for reports to establish all sentencing options and that includes custody. These are serious offences.

“Society is always revolted by these offences and it doesn’t get any easier hearing the depiction of these images that you had. I also need to know the level of threat you have on the community.”

Sheriff McGinty deferred sentence for the preparation of a criminal justice social work report and a restriction of liberty order assessment until April 28.

He warned Jalowy: “If you come back here and the reports aren’t done, and it’s your fault, I’ll remand you in custody and I don’t think that’s where you want to be.”

Jalowy was placed on the sex offenders’ register with the period of time to be decided next month.

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A church elder has been placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on a train.

Creepy Colin Hope was also found guilty of sexually assaulting three women in a supermarket.

Following a trial at Paisley Sheriff Court, the 81-year-old grandfather was convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on a rail journey – by putting his hand up her skirt, between Johnstone and Glasgow Central in December 2016.

Hope, of Polson Drive in Johnstone, was also found guilty of sexually assaulting two Renfrewshire supermarket workers and a supermarket customer between June and December 2021.

Yesterday, Sheriff Ian Anderson placed the twisted pensioner on the Sex Offender’s Register for 12 months and made him subject to supervision of the social work department.

CCTV footage from within a Renfrewshire supermarket was shown during the trial which showed the father-of-two pushing a trolley with both hands on the handle.

The footage showed that – on multiple occasions – as Hope approached a woman in the aisles, he dropped a hand from the trolley and sexually assaulted her as he walked past her before putting both hands back on the trolley.

The trial also heard how a young woman was sexually assaulted on a train by an “old man” when she was heading to Glasgow to do her Christmas shopping.

The girl was just 15 at the time when Hope repeatedly touched her leg and put his hand up her skirt.

Giving evidence during the trial, she said she felt the incident was a “severe attack” which left her in “complete hysteria”.

She explained in evidence how she was on a “busy” train herself, from Ardrossan South Beach, North Ayrshire to Glasgow Central, on December 17, 2016, when Hope got on the train at Johnstone station.

She told the court: “There was a stop at Johnstone where a man got on the train and stood to my left and I remember starting to feel slightly uncomfortable.

“I noticed he was getting closer and I tried to reassure myself that the train was busy.

“But his hand was on my leg, my left leg on my upper thigh.

“I was wearing a skirt and his hand was going up my skirt.”

Prosecutor Jason Stark asked how long Hope’s hand was on the teenager’s thigh, and she replied: “A while. It was brushing.

“The whole movement was around 10 to 15 minutes, it was constant, it was a severe attack really.

“As soon as I got off the train I just broke down as soon as there was room for me to do so.

“I was crying, I was in complete hysteria. It was a complete anxiety attack. I headed out of the station.”

Further evidence was heard by a woman who told how Hope sexually assaulted her in a Renfrewshire supermarket on July 24, 2021, causing her to be
physically sick.

The woman explained how she was looking for plastic or paper cups when Hope approached her in the aisle and went on to sexually touch her.

She was so concerned about the attack she followed the creepy pensioner around the store before returning to her car and calling her husband in tears.

She told the court she had to “physically vomit” when she returned home that evening due to the horrific ordeal.

And a supermarket employee explained she was sexually assaulted on December 17, 2021, by the retired procurement engineer.

In evidence, she told how Hope’s hand “brushed across her” and how he touched the “top of my groin area.”

During the trial, Hope denied the claims – telling the court he had an eye condition which affected his sight.

He claims the condition means he can see people but not their “finer details”.

In his own evidence, he told how all incidents were accidental touching as he would often put his hands out “for balance” and to ensure he “didn’t bump into anyone or anything”.

When asked if he repeatedly touched the supermarket workers, he replied, “not to my
knowledge”.

Defence agent, Linzi Galbraith yesterday explained Hope’s position “is the same as it was during the trial.”

Ms Galbraith told how Hope is “residing elsewhere” just now and explained how he is in the “process of being registered as partially sighted.”

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A sexual predator who committed offences against multiple different women over a 24-year period has been jailed.

Steven Fergusson, 39, was found guilty of a series of serious sexual offences against nine different women in Renfrewshire between 1995 and 2019.

The beast was jailed for seven years at the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday, January 23.

Detective Chief Inspector Mark McLennan said: “We welcome the conviction of Steven Fergusson. He is clearly a dangerous individual and it is due to the courage of the women involved in this case that he will now face the consequences of his abhorrent behaviour.

“I would like to take this opportunity to urge anyone who has or is being subjected to any form of abuse or harm to get in touch with the police and report it.

“We treat all reports seriously and with the utmost professionalism and sensitivity , no matter when the offence took place. Time is no barrier to justice, as this case demonstrates.

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Police found a sickening stash of child abuse images at the home of an IT expert working for a firm providing services to the UK Government.

They discovered the vile collection when they seized for than 30 devices from the loft at Hugh Macpherson's Barrhead house.

Now fears have been raised that the 37-year-old had access to sensitive information while his employer carried out work for the state, the Daily Record reports.

Macpherson worked for Glasgow-based Iomart designing data storage systems at the time and pled guilty to possessing indecent images of children and bestiality between June 2018 and March 2021, including some in the most extreme category.

Yesterday at Paisley Sheriff Court, he was placed on a Community Payback Order and on the sex offenders register for three years.

Sheriff Eoin McGinty ordered him to be supervised by social workers and attend a programme which helps reform sex offenders.

One source close to the case said: "Given how skilled he is with IT and the level of expertise he has, it's actually incredible they found anything at all. You'd have thought that he'd have made sure to cover his tracks properly. We think he completely forgot they were there.

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Vile Robert Gibson was made the subject of a strict Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) in November 2020. A child sex predator is back behind bars after breaching the conditions of his Sexual Offences Prevention Order. Former UK Passport Office employee Robert Gibson, 44, was made the subject of a strict Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) in November 2020. The order was imposed to protect the public after he was released from prison over a jail term imposed for sending a nude picture to someone he thought was a 12-year-old girl. On Friday, Gibson, of Mimosa Road, Bridge of Weir, appeared in the dock from custody at Paisley Sheriff Court to admit breaching the terms of his SOPO by deleting his internet browsing history after watching pornography. Procurator fiscal depute Dana Barclay told the court: Gibson was released from prison and made subject to a SOPO. One of his conditions prohibits him from deleting internet browser search history, chat logs and text messages. On April 11, 2022, PC McPherson received intelligence that Gibson has been searching for sexual content, including pornography, using the search engine Google. Police officers attended at his home address and examined his phone. It appeared there had been no access to sexual material on the internet history of the phone. The phone was seized for further analysis, which detailed that the accused had accessed pornography and sexual content between March 4 and April 10. The accused was arrested, had a telephone consultation with his lawyer and made no reply to caution and charge. Defence agent Kirsty McGeehan told the court the beast is now unemployed. Ms McGeehan added: This is an accelerated diet with Mr Gibson pleading guilty at the earliest opportunity. He is subject to vigilante groups and lives a solitary existence. Mr Gibson knew remote monitoring software had been installed on his phone. At this time he started to drink to excess and pressed the self-destruct button as he clearly knew he would be caught. He fully accepts a custodial sentence is inevitable in this case. Sentencing, Sheriff Eoin McGinty said: Sexual Offences Prevention Orders are put in place to protect the public, particularly children and vulnerable people, so the court has to take these types of offences seriously otherwise these orders are toothless. With passage of time your offending behaviour gets worse. Sheriff McGinty jailed Gibson for 14 months, backdating this to his date of remand on April 19. In December 2020, Gibson messaged four women he knew through his Facebook account, while at his home in Paisley. But he had failed to tell police about the interactions and had deleted the Facebook and Messenger apps from his phone, and with it his activity on the apps which was another breach of his SOPO conditions. In 2019, vile Gibson was caged for 15 months for sending a nude picture of himself to an undercover paedophile hunter. He tried to groom someone he thought was a 12-year-old girl for sex - but she was actually an adult decoy. He had actually been messaging a member of Wolf Pack Hunters UK, which roots out and identifies online groomers who target children. They chatted through apps Skout and WhatsApp, with Gibson saying he wanted to teach her to kiss, that he wanted her to touch his private parts and that he wanted to have sex with her without wearing a condom. After telling her sex is not sore he sent a photograph of himself naked with his private parts clearly exposed and his face visible.

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A SEX offender who distributed indecent images of children from his 900,000 home in Kilmacolm told how he 'fantasises' about young female members of his own family. William Robertson, 66 who was caught with photos of girls aged between four and 15 years revealed his sordid thoughts to another pervert in a flurry of online messages. Robertson also wrote on the Kik messenger app that he was 'into schoolgirls', a hearing at Greenock Sheriff Court was told. Cybercrime police swooped on his plush home as part of an intelligence-led sting operation on May 4 last year. Officers found 66 indecent images of female children on Robertson's laptop computer and iPhone spanning the three most serious categories. During the raid, the 66-year-old said to his wife: "I'm not part of a ring or anything like that." Prosecutor Laura Wilcox told the court how police were acting on information about indecent images 'connected to the accused' being 'uploaded to the internet'. Fiscal depute Miss Wilcox said: "Child exploitation and abuse material was recovered. "All of the images were accessible to the user. "The accused said he fantasizes about young female members of his own family." Robertson pleaded guilty to charges of, on various occasions, taking or permitting to be taken or making and possession of indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children between August 1 2018 and May 3 2021. He also admitted to, on various occasions between February 1 and May 4 last year, distributing or showing indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children. Robertson committed the offences at a house on Kilmacolm's West Glen Road and elsewhere. He is currently on bail at a different address. His plea of not guilty to a charge of covertly filming female children entering a school was accepted by prosecutors. Sheriff Linda Smith deferred sentence on Robertson until June 29 for a background report and electronic tagging assessment to be carried out. The sheriff immediately placed him on the Sex Offenders Register, with the length of his inclusion to be determined at his next hearing.

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A perverted grandad sent sex messages to a teen then blamed his victim afterwards for being a slut.

Twisted Ewen Murray, from Linwood, sent a series of explicit texts to the 14-year-old girl, including one while his wife was in the bathroom.

After being caught out, he offered various explanations for his vile behaviour, including mental illness and labelling the youngster a slut.

Murray, 59, finally faced justice at Paisley Sheriff Court, where he was placed on the Sex Offenders Register for three years.

He was also banned from being in the company of children he isnt related to without adult supervision.

The case had dragged on since 2019, with Murray claiming he suffered mental illness as a result of a blow to his head some years ago causing multiple adjournments in the case.

His lawyer Anthony Boland stated Murrays illness was responsible for him not having control of what he was doing.

But Sheriff Eoin McGinty slammed the pervert for his inability to accept responsibility throughout the case.

He said: You have tried to manipulate proceedings from the offset.

I dont believe your so-called brain injury played any part in this.

You say in the report that you were highly intoxicated, then you went on to say that you sent one message when your wife went to the bathroom.

One of the messages was at 11.30am.

I simply dont believe you were so drunk at that time of the day.

You claim you were so drunk, but you were compos mentis enough to pick your moment.

Murray, of Clippens Road, admitted that between June 21, 2018 and June 25, 2018, he repeatedly sent a girl he knew to be 14-years-old, messages of a sexual and indecent nature.

Court papers show Murray sent the messages for the purposes of obtaining sexual gratification or of humiliating, distressing or alarming the youngster.

Mr Boland told the court Murray now accepts responsibility for the messages.

However, he told how the social worker who wrote the criminal justice social work report considered Murray to deny any sexual nature to the messages.

Sheriff McGinty was worried Murray was supported by his wife in court. He stated: The fact that the report states you deny any sexual nature to these messages, and that your wife is here in court today supporting you, concerns me.

Mr Boland asked the court to deal with Murray without imposing a custodial sentence, adding: We have a man here for offences in 2018.

He has committed no further offences and he is a man who has been on bail for three years and never breached the order.

Sentencing, Sheriff McGinty imposed a direct alternative to custody, warning Murray that if the order is breached, he would be facing jail time.

He said: Ive read the deeply disturbing report, given your comments you have made.

I find your various explanations very disturbing in that you blame the 14-year-old girl, calling her a slut.

This offence does constitute a significant breach of trust and power given that this was a 14-year-old girl who confided in you.

Vile Murray was placed under supervision of the social work department for three years and ordered to carry out the Moving Forward Making Changes programme for sex offenders.

In addition, he was ordered to carry out 270 hours of unpaid work and given a number of conduct requirements that prevent him from deleting internet browsing history and from having any unsupervised contact with any child under the age of 18, that isnt related to him, without another adult being present.

A review hearing was set for July 29.

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A pervert has been brought to justice after putting a little girl through years of sexual abuse.

David Craig's horrific behaviour was uncovered when she opened up about her her ordeal at the creep's hands.

The 29-year-old repeatedly targeted his young victim from the age of eight as she watched cartoons, the Paisley Daily Express reports.

Paisley Sheriff Court heard that police were called a decade later and Craig was finally snared.

Procurator fiscal depute David McDonald explained: "At this time, she was in the living room watching cartoons.

"David Craig came in and sat beside her, she felt awkward and so picked up her covers and went and lay down at the opposite end of the couch and pretended to go to sleep."

Undeterred the pervert manoeuvred himself under the girl's covers and carried out a vile sex act at a property in Erskine.

Court heard the victim recalled similar incidents happening for a number of years.

Craig would also climb into the girl's bed and masturbate. And on multiple occasions over the years, Craig attempted to rape the youngster.

The court heard Craig was "fat" and during one sickening incident he lay on top of her so she could not move, then molested her.

Years later, she challenged Craig about the abuse.

Mr McDonald explained: "While on a night out she began receiving messages from the accused and he asked, 'ask anything if u wanna xx'

"He repeated this a number of times, attaching kissing emojis.

"She replied, 'See when we were younger why did you do all that stuff? Just be honest?'

"Craig replied, 'I love u x'

"She again replied, 'Tell me, so why did you do it?'

"And he responded, I love you. Can't believe am saying this but I get jealous when I see with new bfs x.'

"The victim revealed what was happening to someone and the police were contacted."

Defence agent Mr Barr told the court that at the time of the offences Craig "saw her as someone he could have a relationship with" but explained he suffers mentally.

Sheriff Eoin McGinty said: "These are serious offences over a period of time."

Sentence was deferred for the preparation of a criminal justice social work report and a restriction of liberty order assessment.

Craig's bail was continued and he will return to court for sentencing next month. He was placed on the Sex Offenders Register meantime.

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A Paisley pervert who sent vile videos to who he thought was a 14-year-old girl claimed the comments he received boosted his self-esteem.

Using an app called Kik, Stephen McAloney, of Hillman Road, sent four naked shots of his groin to an undercover police officer who was acting as a teenager called Daisy.

Creepy McAloney, 47, also sent Daisy two videos of him pleasuring himself, stating he knew what he was doing was wrong but he got excited.

Sheriff Brian Mohan called for background reports on McAloney which concluded the married mans self-esteem was boosted by the comments made by Daisy.

Now the pervert has been made subject of the Sex Offenders Register for three years.

Procurator fiscal David McDonald previously told Paisley Sheriff Court: On May 11, 2020, police received intelligence that a Kik user of the name PaisleyGuy1974 was involved in various conversations online with what appeared to be 14-year-olds.

There was no further engagement until July 1, 2020, when an undercover police officer created an account using the name Daisy. It was noted by the officer the Kik profile name cant be changed but the display name can be.

PaisleyGuy1974 was identified as the accused and he changed his display name on various occasions with it being changed to Stephen on an occasion.

From July 1 onwards, chat logs between the undercover police officer and the accused show that the decoy states she was 14 years old.

The accused said he was 45 and from Scotland. Despite Daisys age, the accused continued talking, with him stating, Ill be nice then, - due to Daisys age.

Early in the conversation McAloney sent a picture of his arm in a sling and through a small gap, his tribal tattoos could be seen.

Throughout the chat, the accused called Daisy Miss Mayhem.

The conversation was inappropriate but not criminal with the accused stating how attractive she was and so on.

On July 10, the accused asked Daisy, Why dont you have a boyfriend, youre really pretty.

The conversation continued and the accused sent a picture of his penis.

Daisy replied, Oh my God hehe, are they all that big?

McAloney sent another picture of his penis and then a third image.

The conversation continued and the accused sent a video of himself masturbating and then a fourth image. The accused then sends a further video of him masturbating.

McAloney then states I shouldnt have sent that as it was wrong of me, I just got excited. He then said it was too risky.

The last communication was a number of days later but nothing of a sexual nature.

The court heard that on December 18 police officers attended McAloneys Paisley home with a search warrant when his wife was at home.

Cops arrested vile McAloney and took him to Greenock police station for interview.

Mr McDonald told the court: The accused spoke freely during interview and accepted he had conversation with Daisy and that he had sent indecent images and moving images of him masturbating.

Defence agent Gemma Elder explained McAloneys mind had been clouded by booze.

Ms Elder said: Alcohol was consumed when this offence was committed and it may have had a significant impact on his thought process.

He has had poor mental health problems and he has expressed remorse and disgust in himself that he finds himself in this situation at 47.

It was a moment of madness and now Mr McAloney has to pay the price for that.

On sentencing, Sheriff Brian Mohan said: Undercover police officers engage in this work to protect children from the behaviour you engaged in.

Fortunately no real child was harmed in this incident.

The most notable point in the report is that you began searching the internet, looking and receiving comments that helped your self-esteem not realising the offence you committed at the time.

In addition to being put on the Register, McAloney was placed under supervision for three years with a conduct requirement to carry out the Moving Forward Making Changes Programme and ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work within the community within 12 months.

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Disgraced ex-Police Constable Alexander Murphy found himself back in the dock. A disgraced police officer is now jobless and living off benefits after being convicted of sexually abusing a schoolgirl, a court heard. Alexander Murphy was placed on the Sex Offenders' Register earlier this year for attacking the teenager at a party after plying her and other underage girls with Dragon Soop and wine. Murphy, 49, was spared jail in July for touching the 15-year-old inappropriately after telling her that she was his "favourite" and "cute". But the former Police Scotland officer, who resigned following his conviction, found himself back in the dock at Hamilton Sheriff Court today. Murphy, of Strathaven, Lanarkshire, pleaded guilty to a charge under the Sexual Offences Act 2003, by failing to comply with the terms of the Sex Offenders Register. The court heard that, while he had informed police within three days that he had been placed on the register by the courts, he had failed to disclose a bank card. Convicted sex offenders have to provide the details of their internet accounts and bank cards to officers so their online activities can be monitored. Defence solicitor Andy Iles said: "He is unemployed and in receipt of Universal Credit. "He was previously a police officer but lost his job due to his previous conviction." The lawyer said Murphy had gone to his local police station to register as a sex offender following his conviction but forgot about the bank card. Prosecutor Morag McClintock said: "He said he used it once and completely forgot about it." Mr Iles added: "It was a genuine mistake, but he realises that is not a reasonable excuse [for failing to comply with the regulations] and he accepts that." Sheriff Small fined him 200, reduced from 300 as he admitted his guilt, and said: "I think this was a genuine mistake which is, of course, not a reasonable excuse. "I'm going to impose a financial penalty to make you realise the unacceptability of your carelessness effectively." The court heard Murphy needed time to pay the fine, agreeing to make payments of 20-per-month. Murphy, who served as a Police Constable in Livingston, West Lothian, and previously lived in Paisley, Renfrewshire, admitted sexually assaulting the girl, who cant be named for legal reasons. He also admitted committing a breach of the peace by supplying alcohol to underage girls and making inappropriate remarks to them, at a house party in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, on March 8, 2019.

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A former Oban teenager has been convicted of raping two 16-year-old girls.

Cameron Kerr, now 19, faces a lengthy spell behind bars after being found guilty at the High Court in Glasgow.

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A YOUNG dad who was caught downloading sickening child porn featuring kids as young as three has been jailed.

Christopher Thomas Kelly was caught with the sordid stash at his home in Paisley, Renfrewshire.

The 30-year-old was arrested and charged over the horrendous cache of abuse files.

The material included a video of a three-year-old girl.

At a previous Paisley Sheriff Court hearing he admitted breaking Section 52(1)(a) of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 by taking, or allowing indecent photographs of children to be taken, by downloading them, between February 16, 2014, and November 18, 2015.

The charge he admitted was amended to change the date he committed the offence changed from being between September 1, 2012, and June 29 last year.

When Kelly admitted his guilt, some of the images were described to the court by Procurator Fiscal Depute Keri Marshall.

In total, Kelly was found to have downloaded 1,733 indecent images - 1,725 pictures and eight films - 227 of which were rated by investigators as being in the most extreme category there is.

Sheriff Colin Pettigrew called for background reports ahead of sentencing, and adjourned the case for that to be done.

And, when Kelly returned to the dock today to learn his fate, he was caged for the offence.

Sheriff Colin Pettigrew ruled there was no suitable sentence other than to jail Kelly for 12 months - and place him on the Sex Offenders' Register for 10 years.

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Calum Blair carried out four sickening attacks over a four-year-period.

He targeted the youngster, who can’t be named for legal reasons, when she was aged between four and eight.

Paisley Sheriff Court heard that Blair, of Howwood, carried out the first two attacks when the youngster was aged between four and five.

He later struck another two times when she was aged between seven and eight.

Blair, 19, interfered with the girl at his own home and a house in the Renfrewshire village of Brookfield.

When he appeared in the dock in July Blair pleaded guilty to the two charges he faced.

He admitted one charge of using lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and behaviour towards the girl when she was four and five by touching her private parts and performing sex acts on her.

Blair committed those attacks between October 2007 and November 2008, when he was aged 12 and 13.

He also held his hands up to sexually assaulting her when she was aged seven and eight by doing the same — touching her inappropriately and performing sex acts on her.

Those offences were committed between December 2010 and March 2011, when Blair was 15.

He had been accused of sexually assaulting the girl as late as October 2013 but prosecutors agreed the abuse had stopped in March 2011.

Blair was reported to police over his actions leading to him appearing in court over the attacks last year.

Sheriff Colin Pettigrew deferred sentence on Blair last month and when he returned to the dock on Tuesday he was placed on the sex offenders register and banned from having unsupervised contact with children aged up to 18.

The sheriff also placed Blair on probation for two years, explaining that the lack of criminal record and Blair's age at the time of the offence had influenced his decision to impose a community-based disposal.