MAN WHO PAID TEENAGE GIRL £500 FOR NUDE PHOTOS FACES JAIL AFTER THREATENING TO SHARE IMAGES WITH HER FAMILY
A man who paid a teenage girl £500 for naked photos before threatening to share them with her family is facing jail.Finlay Morrice, 32, struck up a conversation on Instagram with the 13-year-old girl living in England.
He quickly turned the chat sexual, begging her to send intimate pictures in exchange for money.
After she refused to send more images, Morrice threatened to share the photos with her family.
Their investigation led to a raid by Police Scotland on Morrice’s home in Lanark.
He admitted causing the girl to become involved in pornography by causing her to take images of herself in exchange for payment.
He further admitted to permitting or taking indecent images of children between April 2022 and January 2023, and distributing such images after swapping pictures with another person on Telegram.
The court was told Morrice received the girl’s £500 via PayPal, and he threatened to share the images along with screenshots of her family’s social media accounts.
Sheriff David Bernard warned Morrice that this was a serious matter and deferred sentence until February for reports.
Morrice was placed on the sex offenders’ register.
