A sex offender, Andrew Hay Ayr Paedophile, who referred to schoolgirls as “beautiful” and expressed love to another has been incarcerated after confessing to inappropriate indecent contact with three minors.
Andrew Hay was incarcerated for two years after admitting to soliciting several adolescent females and will be classified as a registered sex offender indefinitely.
A 22-year-old, who appeared in the dock at Ayr Sheriff Court from detention, confessed to inducing a youngster to view a pornographic image and engaging in indecent communication with them, having previously been granted leniency from a prison sentence for analogous offences.
We previously reported that a parent of one of the complainants approached the child’s school to express concerns regarding her daughter and her friend conversing online with Hay.
Andrew Hay transmitted sexual messages to a minor in a state of undress, intending to achieve sexual enjoyment or to humiliate, distress, or alarm them between November 2023 and February 2024 at a location in Ayr.
Hay admitted guilt for inducing a third adolescent to view a sexual image by transmitting a photograph of his genitals between December 1 and December 31, 2023.
The court heard he made 60 calls to one complainer and 399 calls to another and regularly referred to one of the young victims as his “girlfriend”.
Procurator fiscal depute Craig Wainwright said: “Prior to attending the school, she had searched his name and established he was previously convicted of communicating indecently with children.
“The school contacted police and officers attended her [the girl’s] home address and made her aware applications disclosed to her mum were used by the accused to communicate indecently.
“Officers spoke [to another complainer’s family] and made them aware the accused had been communicating online with her daughter. She showed officers his Facebook profile and confirmed she had received a Facetime call.”
The court heard that Andrew Hay sent a Snapchat to one girl stating: “I love you.”
The fiscal depute added: “Officers later attended [other complainer’s] address who confirmed he had communicated [when she was still a teenager]. She met the accused through a friend, he told her to add him on Snapchat.
“When first contacted the accused said was he 15 and she described the conversations as ‘flirty, weird, told her he wanted to get her into bed, that she was beautiful, he wanted to touch her’ and he sent her pictures. He asked to see her bottom but she refused.
“Andrew Hay contacted her on Snapchat, TikTok, by text message and voice call, they communicated every day.
“When he called her on Facetime and she saw his face this confirmed he was not 15.
“He sent her a collage image containing images of her friend including her breasts, saying she was ‘beautiful’.
“She replied saying this was disgusting and that she would make her friend aware.
“He replied referring to her as ‘his girlfriend’.”
Andrew Hay added another youngster on the messaging app and sent her a picture of his privates, before being immediately blocked.
He also sent one complainer a “lengthy message about meeting up and having sex”.
Andrew Hay was later arrested and charged and gave a ‘no comment’ police interview.
When he returned to court for sentencing defence solicitor Katherine Grant said: “He tells me he intends to complete courses while serving his sentence to improve his employment prospects.
“He has been very candid with the writer of the [social work] report and accepts his actions and I believe he intends to use his time in custody well.
“There is not much more I can address your lordship on.”
Sheriff Desmond Leslie jailed him for two years, reduced from 36 months after his guilty pleas and backdated to March 20 last year.
On his earlier indictment, he was jailed for 18 months to run consecutively after previously being placed on a community payback order.
Andrew Hay was also placed on a sexual harm prevention order for five years and non-harassment orders forbidding any contact with the three girls.
Andrew Hay will remain subject to sex offender notification requirements indefinitely.
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