DAVID ROBERTSON

ALFORD PUB GROPER WHO TARGETED THREE WOMEN TOLD: ‘THIS WAS NOT A JOKE’

An Alford man has been placed on the sex offenders register for one year after he groped three women in the local pub.

David Robertson, 42, was “extremely intoxicated” and thought it would be a “joke” to grab his victims’ breasts, a court was told.

Appearing at Aberdeen Sheriff Court for sentencing, Robertson pleaded guilty to three charges of sexual assault while the women were enjoying a night out at the Haughton Arms Hotel on August 16 2025.

Robertson, of Balfluig View, Alford, had been in the bar area of the hotel and targeted his first victim at around 9pm.

Heading outside to a seating area, Robertson struck again, grabbing a third woman by the breasts and squeezing them, Ms Borla said.

Sheriff Janys Scott raised her concern that Robertson had thought his behaviour was “a joke”.

“It is not a joke, it was criminal behaviour,” she said.

A background report suggested he should be on the sex offenders register for five years.

However, Sheriff Scott decided on a one-year community payback order with supervision, and placed Robertson on the Sex Offenders Register for one year.