A creep who had sex multiple times with a schoolgirl was traced by police at Perth’s unpaid work HQ, where he was being punished for sexual misconduct towards another child.
Kyle McLean admitted having sex with the girl on numerous occasions in August 2021.
At he time, McLean was 19 and his victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was only 15.
Just weeks before McLean began communicating with the girl, he was handed an unpaid work sentence after causing a person under 16 to engage in sexual activity.
He was placed on the Sex Offenders Register again by Sheriff Gillian Wade and will return to Perth Sheriff Court to be sentenced next month.
Met at McLean’s home
Fiscal depute Joanne Ritchie told the court McLean and the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, first met at the end of July 2021.
They began to message each other and the girl described the communication as being “flirty” and “light-hearted”.
McLean was aware she was only 15 and told her not to tell anyone about them.
On August 16, she told her mother she was going to stay at a friend’s home but instead, arrived at McLean’s home in Mill Street, Alyth.
She drank half a bottle of vodka and some Hooch and began to feel intoxicated and tired.
They went to bed and had sex and although the girl said she was too tired to continue, McLean said she was his “good girl.”
He then suggested they move to the kitchen to waken up and they continued to have unprotected sex there.
The next morning, the girl woke up early. McLean told her he wanted to have sex again.
Feeling hungover, the girl consumed more alcohol before they had sex again.
She returned on later dates and there was more sexual activity.
Snared
A friend of the girl’s had become concerned and told a member of staff at her school.
Her mother was then informed and police were called.
A detective examined the girl’s phone and found almost 800 messages between the two and 36 phone calls.
The girl had sent him photographs and McLean had messaged her vile replies.
Other messages showed the girl had told McLean she was in pain after sex.
In June 2021, he had been sentenced to 100 hours of unpaid work for sexual offending towards a child.
On September 15, police arrived at Westbank – Perth’s hub for community service work – looking for him.
Officers found him there and he confirmed he knew the girl.
McLean, 20, of Glengarry Road, Perth, admitted engaging in sexual activity with an older child on various occasions over a two-week period and sending her sexual messages.
Social work reports were ordered and solicitor David Holmes opted to save mitigation for the sentencing hearing on March 30.
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