A convicted sex offender who was prevented from having contact with anyone under the age of 17 breached the order just two months after being released from prison, Dundee Sheriff Court has heard.
David John Barrie, 33, of Wolseley Street, Dundee, admitted being in the company of a 16-year-old girl on a number of occasions between July and September while subject to a condition prohibiting it.
The court heard monitoring officers attended Barrie’s house for a weekly check up on September 4 and he told them he had been drinking with the female the previous evening.
Depute fiscal Charmaine Gilmartin told the court: “He told police he didn’t know how old she was but police were concerned and carried out the investigation.
“The 16-year-old said she had gone to the house on September 3 and initially she wasn’t allowed to go in by the accused because he was aware he was prevented from having contact with anyone 17 or younger.
“The female said she had consumed alcohol with him. The witness intimated she had attended the address about six times over a two-month period.
“She has never been on her own but always when other females have been present but alcohol had been taken.
“She said the accused was aware of her age,” she said.
Defence solicitor David Duncan said Barrie admitted she had been in his house two or three times.
“He accepts that alcohol was taken and that in itself was inappropriate given the girl’s age but it did not go beyond that in terms of further inappropriate behaviour.”
Sheriff Charles McNair said breaching such an order was always a serious matter and it was made worse by the fact he had only recently been released from an eight-month prison sentence.
Sentence was deferred on Barrie until September 30 and he was remanded in custody in the meantime.