Sheriff bans internet creep from social media platforms

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A serial pest who threatened women over social media has been banned from the platforms by a Sheriff.David Anderson will be forced to surrender his online devices for inspection on request to ensure he is not breaching the order.The move came after Sheriff Bruce Erroch QC told the accused: “It appears Facebook and Instagram are particular problems for you.”Anderson admitted breaching an order handed down at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court in April 2018, preventing him from contacting two named female victims.Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.

Sign up to our newsletters here.But he got in touch with the women, who reside within the jurisdiction of Paisley Sheriff Court, between November 8 and November 10 2019, by repeatedly sending Facebook messages.His plea to a charge alleging that he used Facebook Messenger to send messages that were “grossly offensive, or of an indecent obscene or menacing character” to the two women between November 8 and November 10, 2019, was accepted by prosecutors.Anderson, of Bellsbank, Ayrshire, has previously terrorised women using Facebook services, including using the Messenger calling facility to make vile threats to one victim that he would “rape your weans”, Kilmarnock Sheriff Court has previously heard.The latest case had been deferred for reports at Paisley Sheriff Court.On Wednesday, the lawman told troubled Anderson: “There are a number of things about your case which concern me.”He also told the accused: “The offence to which you pled guilty is an unpleasant offence” and said reports found that Anderson had “little insight” into his offending, adding; “It is said you have high likelihood of further offending, all of this concerns me.”He ruled that Anderson will be