‘Want to be handcuffed?’ Cop accused of sending sex messages to girl, 16

A POLICE officer allegedly told a schoolgirl in sexually inappropriate messages he would handcuff her.

Ian Bagley, 42, is accused of sending messages to the 16-year-old in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, between February and October 2019.

Other alleged comments included Bagley asking the girl if she would like to be privately searched. Bagley, of Renfrew, is on trial charged with sending sexual communications without consent and placing the girl in alarm or distress.

Glasgow Sheriff Court heard yesterday from PC David Galbraith, who stated that the girl reported Bagley’s actions to him. The officer claimed to have been shown screenshots of messages on social media.

He said: ‘The pupil had received messages from what was to be a British Transport Police officer.’ Chris Farrell, prosecuting, asked if PC Galbraith was concerned about the screenshots.

He replied: ‘I believed them to be unprofessional in nature. There were also pictures of a certified police officer in uniform.

‘I felt they were inappropriate and there were sexual undertones.

‘I just remember pictures of Mr Bagley in uniform and him being on nightshift.

‘I packaged up the screenshots and what was said that day and gave it to British Transport Police.’

Mr Farrell asked what messages were shown by the girl.

The officer said: ‘I remember a comment about pyjamas on or off, if you want handcuffed t hat can be arranged but I’m not arresting you.

‘ There was a comment about if she wanted a private

‘Love hearts and emojis’

search and about lying on a bed, as well as a lot of love hearts and emojis.

‘The messages were back and forth and there was no blocking by t he girl or attempts to stop requesting communication.’

PC Galbraith said the girl wanted the messages to stop and became ‘a lot more anxious and stressed’ after their meeting.

The headteacher of the girl’s school later told the court in evidence that the messages were ‘lightly flirty’.

The trial before Sheriff Stuart Reid continues in March and Bagley was bailed.