PAISLEY NURSERY TEACHER AND DRAG QUEEN CHARGED FOR INDECENT MESSAGES TO CHILDREN
A Paisley nursery teacher and drag queen has been charged with sending inappropriate messages to children after kids reported him to a local child safety organisation.The man, who can't be named for legal reasons, was arrested after police were called to the Paisley area on Thursday, October 30.
The 32-year-old works at a nursery in town and is also known to perform as a drag queen, reports the Daily Record.
It is understood that the charges were not related to children under the teacher's care.
He has been fired from his teaching role.
Jo Drennan, 37, runs the Fighting Justice Against Predators organisation, which was contacted by local kids about the drag queen.
She said the group were at a protest in the Johnstone area when they were approached by a number of children on Wednesday, October 30.
Speaking to the Record, Jo said: "Our group were out at a protest when some wee boys came up to us.
They said they were getting groomed online.
"All the kids know us in Renfrewshire.
They know we are there to keep them safe and they trust us.
"One of the wee boys then sent us quite a lot of stuff.
I immediately became aware that this man was a nursery teacher and the things that I was seeing were absolutely horrific.
I phoned the police and the nursery and then he was arrested." The man was charged in connection with indecent online communications before he was released on an undertaking to appear at court at a later date.
Drennan said that the allegations against the man related to children under 15, but that none of the incidents involved children who were in the care of the nursery.
She added: "This is still a major safeguarding concern and it's very alarming that this man was working with young children.
"If I was a parent of a child at that nursery, I would be going off my head." A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “A 32-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with indecent online communications after officers were called to the Paisley area on Thursday, 30 October, 2025.
He was released on an undertaking to appear at court at a later date."
