Explicit photos of ex posted on website

Spotted by work colleague

A married man posted sexually explicit pictures of his ex-girlfriend on a pornographic website after she ended their 10-month affair.

Perth Sheriff Court was told on Monday that 52-yearold Raymond Wishart had met the woman on a dating website but he couldn’t come to terms with the split and, after drinking, sent the images to a website called XHamster.

They were subsequently spotted by a work colleague of hers and the police were alerted.

Initially, 27 images of the woman had been posted, depute fiscal Stuart Richardson told the court.

“A few of the photographs were simply of her in normal attire, not doing anything in particular,” he explained.

But 10 of them were “sexually explicit”.

“They had been on the website, prior to the work colleague noticing them, for a period of 23 days and would obviously have been available to anybody else going to that particular website,” added the fiscal.

There was also a second gallery of 18 photos which had only been posted some two days earlier.

Some, again, were just normal photographs but three depicted sexual intercourse and other sexual acts.

The catalogue of pictures led to Wishart, of King’s Road, Coupar Angus, appearing on indictment.

He will be sentenced on August 31 after background reports have been prepared.

He had his name added to the Sex Offenders’ Register on an interim basis in the meantime. The sheriff will now decide whether there was a “significant sexual element” to his actions.

A prosecution motion to impose a Non-Harassment Order, to protect the victim from further unwanted attention, was continued to the same date.

He admitted that between June 19 and July 3, 2015, at his home, her workplace and elsewhere, he engaged in a course of conduct which caused his ex-girlfriend fear and alarm.

He admitted sending her flowers and posting the sexually explicit photographs – and other images of her – on various pornographic websites.

Mr Richardson said that at the end of the 10 months she had “second thoughts” about the relationship and wanted it to come to an end.

“That information was given by her to Mr Wishart. Unfortunately, it became clear this wasn’t a situation which he was able, at that time, to accept.”

On the evening of July 2, 2015, a colleague of hers was browsing a website which specialises in pornographic images. While doing that, he came across her name beside a series of photographs.

At work the following day, he reported the matter to the woman’s supervisor who spoke to the victim. She went to the website and saw for herself the various images.

Mr Richardson said he had lodged a victim impact statement the accused’s ex-girlfriend had sent to his office.

Solicitor Rosie Scott said her client stayed at home with his wife and worked part-time.

“He’s fully aware the impact these pictures must have had on the female and he very much regrets that.’’

Wishart had his bail conditions, including a ban on him contacting or approaching the victim, continued until next month.