A creepy pervert has been discovered responsible of inflicting concern or alarm by suggestively rubbing his nipples exterior a betting store. A jury was instructed that Gavin Ross turned up exterior the store on quite a few events and acted in a bizarre and disturbing method.
One store employee turned so upset about Ross's behaviour that she requested to be transferred to a unique department of the bookmakers. Ross, 41, from Forfar, was discovered responsible of inflicting concern or alarm in Fortress Avenue, Forfar, by repeatedly attending exterior the store between 6 and 24 September 2021.
He was discovered responsible of loitering exterior and refusing to go away, staring into the store, waving and making inappropriate gestures, taking part in with, rubbing and squeezing his nipples. Sheriff William Wooden deferred sentence for the preparation of background stories and to contemplate whether or not there was a "vital sexual factor" to the offence.
When he was discovered responsible, Ross - who's already on the intercourse offenders register for earlier crimes - mentioned: "I could not give a f***, man." The trial heard how Ross began turning up exterior the store after a feminine member of workers requested him to cease choosing up cigarette butts off the pavement.
Fiscal depute Joanne Ritchie mentioned: "When she first encountered the accused he was choosing up fag butts exterior her work. She finally challenged this. A couple of days later he got here again and stared at her repeatedly and made faces by sticking his tongue out. She recalled feeling uncomfortable and uneasy.
"On 20 September 2021 he got here to her work twice whereas she was working alone. He was directing his stare upon her and gave her the center finger. He made faces at her and signalled her to exit, and rubbed his nipples over his clothes. On 24 September she contacted the police.
"He was scrunching up his face and sticking his tongue out. She mentioned it was upsetting and stressing her out. She was moved to a different department, the accused being one of many major causes. She felt that on daily basis she would see him. She noticed the accused roughly 15 to twenty instances, normally when she was working alone and barely when she was with anybody else.
"She was candid and didn't attempt to exaggerate what occurred. She was sincere and upfront and instructed the reality." Ross was remanded in custody."
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