A former Free Church of Scotland minister who posed as a lesbian on social media in a bid to extort sexual pictures from his sufferer has been sentenced.
David Finlay Macdonald, from Stornoway, pretended to be a feminine known as Eilidh on MSN messenger when chatting to his feminine sufferer between January and December in 2010.
The 32-year-old then threatened to show delicate details about her if she didn't ship him sexually express pictures of herself.
The sleaze pleaded responsible to 1 cost of tried extortion at Stornoway Sheriff Court docket in November final yr.
He has now been ordered to carry out 180 hours of unpaid work and should pay £750 compensation after being sentenced on Tuesday.
He additionally confronted two related accusations referring to incidents in 2015 which allegedly concerned two different girls however his not responsible pleas had been accepted by the Crown Workplace.
The girl, who can't be recognized for authorized causes, instructed the court docket she felt “sickened to my abdomen” after realising that Macdonald was attempting to blackmail her.
His conviction has been welcomed by the Procurator Fiscal for Grampian, Highland and Islands Andy Shanks.
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He mentioned: “David Macdonald’s deliberate and protracted deceit induced his sufferer nice misery.
"This prosecution ought to function a warning to others that we take crimes of this nature significantly.
"I might urge anybody who has been the sufferer of comparable offending to return ahead and search help."
A spokesperson for the church mentioned: "The Free Church of Scotland is deeply dismayed that the previous assistant minister of considered one of our congregations is responsible of such behaviour.
"Our ministers and college students are anticipated to dwell to the best ethical and moral requirements. Furthermore, the Free Church takes very significantly any allegation that such requirements have been compromised.
"We prolong our help, sympathy and pastoral concern to the sufferer and all concerned."
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