The following article appeared in the Perthshire Advertiser on 16th March (
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BACKGROUND reports have been ordered on a Strathearn teenager who repeatedly sent text messages to another male, offering him money for sex.
Scott David Bell (18), of Gentlecroft, Braco, will have to appear personally for sentence at Perth Sheriff Court on April 4. In the meantime, he has been advised to seek legal advice.
He admitted by letter that between January 6 and 18 this year, at places unknown, he sent the text messages which were grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character.
As well as offering money for sex, Bell claimed in the messages that the Rattray male had sex with him and he threatened to report a false allegation of rape on him by the other male to the police.
Social inquiry and community service reports have been requested on the general assistant.