Glasgow man admits blackmailing schoolgirls with nude pictures

A Glasgow man has admitted blackmailing schoolgirls with fake nude photos with their faces superimposed on them in a bid to get them to send him pictures. 22 year-old Sean McCuaig targeted nine girls, between 12 and 17 years-old on social media using a string of fake names. On one occasion he posted the photoshopped picture on Facebook for her friends and family to see.

Some girls he threatened to harm their family if they didn’t send him pictures, some he threatened to post the pictures on Facebook if they didn’t comply wth his requests. Police found a document detailing fantasies of abducting, raping and hurting one of the girls and included thoughts of killing her.

McCuaig, from Knightswood, pled guilty at the city’s sheriff court to 20 charges spanning from January 2016 to June 2017. They include causing the girls to look at nude images with their faces superimposed on them, threatening to post and posting pictures if they didn’t send sexual images. The string of charges also includes downloading, distributing and having explicit pornographic images depicting women being raped.

“One file in particular titled ‘fakenudes’ which contained a range of full body and facial images relating to a number of females.

A document was also found relating to one of his victims, another 14-year-old who was sent a picture of a nude female with her face superimposed on from someone claiming to be a girl.

“Also located was a naked image within a file named ‘fakenudes’ which was titled with her name and showed her face superimposed on to a naked body.”

She sent him a picture of her bare legs and selfies, including one of her looking upset.

McCuaig also targeted a 12-year-old and told her to “stop telling lies” when she said the naked picture he had doctored, was not her.

Miss O’Donnell said: “The complainer discovered people in her school had also seen the picture on Facebook and this resulted in her falling out with quite a few people.”

The schoolgirl sent him pictures and told him to leave her alone, but after a couple of weeks he messaged her again and claimed “I’m not done yet”.

He was asked about the document about his fantasies and confirmed he was the person who wrote it.

Sheriff Johanna Johnston QC told McCuaig he has pled guilty to a “very serious catalogue of offending”.