Nairn girls suffer harassment in street when a van pulled up beside them and a stranger made sexual remarks
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Two girls walking home in Nairn were startled when a van pulled up beside them and a stranger made sexual remarks.
Both girls, now teenagers, cannot be identified for legal reasons, and gave evidence at the Inverness Sheriff Court trial of 36-year-old married father-of-four Danny Chapman, of Lawrie Drive, Nairn.
He denied stalking one of the girls, repeatedly making sexual remarks to her and soliciting her to have sexual intercourse. But he was found guilty after trial and sentence was deferred for a background report.
Although defence solicitor David Patterson said his client continued to deny the accusations, Chapman accepted the finding of the court. He was placed under two years social work supervision and on the Sex Offenders’ Register for the same period.
Sheriff Sara Matheson heard during the trial that the incidents happened in August last year in Leopold Street, Lochloy Road and elsewhere in Nairn.
The court was told that Chapman made comments about one girl’s body, asking her to expose herself and indicating he wanted to have intercourse with her.
The girl’s aunt was on the phone to her niece and the teenager repeated what the man was saying to her.
“I told her to report it,” the aunt said.
PC James Gillies told the court that Chapman was co-operative when interviewed and denied he had made any comments.
Questioned by defence solicitor Josie Donachie, the girls insisted they were not lying.
Chapman gave evidence and said the girls had made up the story.
He blamed what he called an “ex friend” who was in the van with him and said that the comments were made by him.
Chapman said his pal had been previously buying one of the girls alcohol and he told him to stop it.
He claimed this was the girls’ motive for concocting a story.
