Shopkeeper caught on CCTV showing girl indecent image

Perth: Perverted shop worker jailed, placed on sex offenders register and now facing deportation back to Pakistan

A hapless shopkeeper has been found guilty of showing a paper girl a picture of his genitals, after being caught by his own CCTV system.

Sheraz Ali took a picture of his genitals on his iPhone and displayed it to the shocked teenager when she came into the shop to collect her wages.

The teenage victim reported the matter and Ali was convicted after a court was shown footage of the incident taken by the CCTV camera in the shop, which is directly opposite Craigie Primary School.

Yesterday Ali was jailed for 124 days and Perth Sheriff Court was told that he faces being deported back to Pakistan because his visa to remain in the United Kingdom has expired.

The girl told the court: “I went to get my week’s pay. I got my pay and then he offered to show me a picture. He just showed me his phone.

“He said he was going to show me a picture of his pen. It was a picture of him. His front, under his trousers. It was a picture of his penis. I’m quite clear.

“It was awkward. I was a bit surprised. I tried to leave. He called me back and showed me a picture of a flower and one of a child.”

Detective Constable Aitken Cooper told the trial: “The CCTV married with her version of what happened in the shop.

“He made some innuendo talk in relation to a pen. He then proceeds to show her an image on his iPhone prior to her leaving.”

Sheriff Lindsay Foulis found Ali, 28, of South Street, Perth, guilty of intentionally causing the teenager to look at a sexual image without warning her what it was.

He was found guilty of showing her the picture on his mobile phone at the Corner Shop in Abbot Street, Perth, which is popular with children from the nearby school.

Ali was jailed and also placed on the sex offenders register for a period of seven years. His mobile phone was also confiscated by the court.

Solicitor David Sinclair, defending, said that Ali had been remanded in custody but had not heard anything from the UK Border Agency or the Home Office.

Mr Sinclair told the court: “They are clearly aware he is an over-stayer, but there has been no contact. It is his intention simply to return to Pakistan.”

The CCTV married with her version of what happened ...

Ali was jailed for 124 days.