A man who hounded a woman in Dundee for naked pictures and then sent them on to other women has admitted stalking her.
Oliver Massie was not present at Dundee Sheriff Court when his solicitor tendered the guilty plea to engaging in a course of conduct which caused the woman fear and alarm.
25-year-old Massie stalked the woman at addresses in Dundee and Dunbar from October 2019 until March 2020.
On a number of occasions, he repeatedly attended at her home and place of work uninvited.
Massie, of Martinez Road in Dunbar, demanded she send him “intimate images of herself”.
He then disclosed them to two other women over social media.
Massie repeatedly contacted the woman by telephone, text and social media despite being told not to.
He also contacted one of the women he sent images to, asking her to contact the woman on his behalf and threatening to harm himself.
Massie also accessed the woman’s social media profiles without consent.
Sheriff John Rafferty ordered reports and deferred sentencing until June 7.
Assault and abduction
An injured woman banged her walls and begged for help through the letterbox after being battered and locked in her Dundee flat for three days. Stuart Heenan admitted abducting and assaulting the woman and was jailed.
Bus rage
A Fife engineer lost his temper with staff at Halbeath park and ride when he was not allowed to board a bus with his dog.
Andrejs Luksa, of Golfdrum Street in Dunfermline, walked through a fire exit door into an office, which was off limits to the public and repeatedly demanded a customer service number from an employee.
Procurator fiscal depute Catherine Stevenson said Luksa had been at the vestibule window but a staff member there was unable to speak to him as she was busy on the phone.
Defence lawyer Calum Harris said Luksa, 38, had been travelling from Glenrothes back home to Dunfermline on April 16 last year and needed to change buses at the park and ride.
Mr Harris said his initial bus had been at the station but “simply drove off in front of him.”
The solicitor said Luksa went to the reception but the employee was on the phone.
Me Harris said: “He returned outside and saw another bus and was told he could
not get on the bus with the dog because there was already another dog on the bus.
“He accepts at this point he somewhat lost his temper.
“He’s seen a door open in the outside of the building and could see it leads to the office and made a foolish decision to go inside and attempt to repeatedly ask for the customer service number to make a complaint.”
Police were contacted and Luksa was traced and cannabis was found in his rucksack.
He pled guilty to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and was fined £250 and admonished for the drugs possession.
Bird hide burner
A youth who burned down a much-loved bird hide on the banks of Loch Leven will be sentenced at a later date. The 17-year-old torched the £400,000 hide by setting fire to a wheelie bin within it and then filmed the unfolding carnage.
Ordered to stay away from wife
A Forfar man who was cleared of throttling his wife on an “almost daily basis” has been ordered to stay away from her for a year.
Graham Massie stood trial last month accused of a series of assaults spanning more than 20 years.
It was alleged he attacked his partner at properties in Kirriemuir and Forfar.
After a week of evidence, a jury found eight of the nine charges against him not proven.
He was convicted of a reduced charge of engaging in a course of abusive behaviour towards his partner, between June 14 and July 9 2019.
Massie, 46, of Esk Cottage, threatened to kill himself and held a knife against his own throat in the presence of his wife.
He also acted aggressively, shouted and repeatedly struck a door with his head.
Massie returned to Perth Sheriff Court for sentence.
Sheriff William Wood told him: “The court has to take a dim view of this because of the use of the knife, which might have been terrifying for your partner.
“These are matters that the court can’t ignore.”
Massie was placed on supervision for six months and ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work.
The sheriff added: “Although the jury didn’t convict you of the vast majority of these charges, the court did hear a substantial amount of evidence about the complainer’s view of you and the nature of your relationship.
“It seems to me that a non-harassment order should be in place, for a period of 12 months.”
Title-party flare-up
Celtic fan Gary Noon will be sentenced on Friday after admitting causing a disturbance at Tannadice during Dundee United’s 1-1 draw which clinched the side’s return to European competition. He admitted clambering up a wall and throwing unlit flares to the away fans before he was apprehended and spent the night in the cells.
The full caseload of the Dundee Crime and Courts Team can be found here.
