Gymnastsex pest is guilty

A FORMER Commonwealth Games gymnast who represented Scotland has been convicted of sex charges against two schoolgirls.

Ryan McKee, 25, knew the girls were 14 when he became involved with them through the gymnastics club where he coached in Glasgow.

He represented Scotland in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Over a total of five years between 2010 and 2015, McKee preyed on the two teenagers from the Glasgow sports club.

One girl he kissed and asked her if she wanted to see indecent images of him and requested she send pictures to him.

A second girl he also kissed and they did exchange naked pictures with one another, when he was 23.

Pub worker McKee denied the charges at Glasgow Sheriff Court but was found guilty of three charges after a trial.

Sheriff Tony Kelly convicted McKee, of Milton of Campisie, of “engaging in sexual behaviour”, and communicating in- decently with one girl between April and August 2015.

He also found him guilty of using lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and behaviour towards the other between March 2010 and March 2012.

He told McKee: “I accept the accounts given by the complainers, there are striking similarities about what was said about your conduct.

“You formed relationships with girls under 16 and kissed them and requested images of them.”

Throughout the verdict McKee – who was convicted of a similar crime in 2013 after sending a nude snap to another schoolgirl, but was admonished – sat with his head down in the dock.

The court heard evidence from the girls who were underage when McKee was a coach at their gymnastics club.

Sheriff Kelly deferred sentence for a background report and risk assessment and continued his bail with the condition that McKee cannot approach anyone under 16 without supervision.