An Aberdeen man sent sexual Snapchat messages to a schoolgirl asking the teenager for a kiss and checking if she would keep it a secret.
Greg Robertson even admitted to the 15-year-old girl in one of the messages that his unlawful behaviour was “possibly wrong”.
The 38-year-old sent a number of ‘snaps’ to the underage teen, suggesting they meet up in his car and “kiss” and also asked the girl if she could “keep a secret?”
But Robertston was soon caught when the girl spoke to her mum and showed her the messages he’d sent.
He pleaded guilty to a single charge of sexual written communications and images to a child for the purposes of obtaining sexual gratification.
And after being put on the sex offenders register, he covered his face to hide from press photographers as he left Aberdeen Sheriff Court.
Fiscal depute Tom Proctor had earlier told the court that, at the time of Robertson messaging the girl on Snapchat, she was a 15-year-old school pupil.
“She and her friends regularly used the social media application”, he said.
“At the time, the complainer and the other parties concerned were all within their home addresses.
“At around 11.50pm on October 27 2021, the complainer was within her bedroom sending Snapchat messages to her friends with the caption ‘Goodnight’.
“Within a few minutes, she received a reply from a Snapchat account belonging to Greg Robertson.
“She received a Snapchat message from the accused, with the accused’s face, with the caption, ‘how would you feel if I kissed you?’
“The complainer informed her friends of this and they suggested that she reply to the accused the following day whilst they were there.
“Thereafter, at 9pm the following day, the complainer received various Snapchats from the account.”
‘How would it happen, my car?’
The girl then opened the messages, with one containing a picture of Robertson’s face and realised that the account must belong to Greg Robertson.
He then sent her a series of Snapchat messages with captions that said: “Who are you with?”, “if we kiss, will you keep it a secret?” and “how would it happen, my car?”
Robertson then told the teenager: “It’s possibly wrong, can I trust you?”
He then sent a follow-up message asking again if the girl wanted to kiss him.
Upon receiving these messages and images, the girl confided in her mother, and Robertson’s actions were reported to the police.
Robertson’s home searched
A search warrant was granted and officers searched Robertson’s home address where he was cautioned and arrested.
He was taken to Kittybrewster custody suite and, while being interviewed, he made various admissions.
Robertson was formally cautioned and charged on November 3 last year in relation to the offence.
He pleaded guilty to one charge of sexual written communications and images to a child for the purposes of obtaining sexual gratification.
Sheriff Lesley Johnston deferred sentence on Robertson, in order for a criminal justice social work report and a restriction of liberty order assessment to be carried out.
She also made Robertson, of Corthan Drive, Aberdeen, subject to the sex offenders register.
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