A north-east oil worker’s wife has been accused of breaking the peace – by sending his lover an explicit video.
Amy Maxwell and Lee Hanlon filmed themselves during a night of passion at an Aberdeen hotel.
But footage of the couple’s illicit meeting went viral on the internet after it was shared via popular messaging service WhatsApp.
And yesterday Mr Hanlon’s wife Charon appeared in court charged with causing her husband’s lover fear and alarm by sending “a number of sexually explicit videos” to her.
The 37-year-old, of 25 Burnland View, Elrick, Westhill, denied committing the offence on August 3 last year and will go on trial at Aberdeen Sheriff Court next month.
It is understood Mr Hanlon and Mrs Maxwell met while employed as contractors by offshore giant Shell at its decommissioning plant in the city.
During a tryst at a Premier Inn hotel, the couple filmed themselves having sex.
The videos are then believed to have been shared with all of Mr Hanlon’s mobile phone contacts, which included his workmates and bosses.
It is understood the pair, who were both married, were “redeployed” from their positions at Shell after the three clips were subsequently widely circulated online.
Following the incident Mrs Maxwell reportedly denied she had been having an affair and claimed the encounter had been a “one-off”.
It is understood she planned to remain with her husband and move away from the area, putting their Banchory home up for sale.
Mr and Mrs Hanlon married at a boutique hotel in South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, in November 2013. It is understood the couple have a young son.
A spokesman for Shell said at the time that Mr Hanlon and Mrs Maxwell were not directly employed by the company, but were contractors hired through an agency.
He said they had since been “redeployed” by the agency.
