Carnoustie man sent indecent images to OAP

70-year-old woman was coerced into looking at sexual pictures

An Angus man who lost part of a leg in a horrific accident as he walked along a dual carriageway in the dead of night has appeared in court to admit a serious sexual offence involving a pensioner.

Greig Yorke, from Carnoustie, coerced the 70-year-old woman into looking at indecent images and sent her a photo of his private parts and vile text messages in 2016.

It came almost three years after Yorke was hit by a car on the A92 south of Arbroath in the early hours, having been left to make his own way home by police who had taken him off the road shortly before.

Yorke, 44, appeared before Sheriff Gregor Murray at Forfar yesterday where he pled guilty to a summary complaint following an incident at his home address on April 11 2016.

He admitted coercing the woman into looking at sexual images and communicating indecently with her for the purposes of obtaining sexual gratification or of humiliating, distressing or alarming her.

Sheriff Murray said: “I am concerned about two things, firstly the nature of the charge.

“The second is that while I clearly require at the very least a criminal justice social work report, should any other report be ordered?”

Defence solicitor Laura Hogg suggested a psychiatric report should be obtained by the court.

Yorke will return for sentencing on June 21.