A brave 12-year-old girl used her social media app to arrange her escape from a caravan trip after being sexually assaulted by a 56-year-old man. The girl sent several SnapChat messages to her mum to call for help after she realised she was being abused by trip organiser Alistair McCready.
She sent six messages in 30 minutes as she desperately tried to get help to flee from the caravan in the early hours of the morning. Her mother woke up and saw messages saying her daughter had been sexually abused by McCready and that he had been acting weird towards her.
McCready, from Coupar Angus, Perthshire, was remanded in custody for reports after he admitted sexually assaulting a child at Ballintuim Caravan Park near Blairgowrie in July 2021. Sheriff William Wood told Perth Sheriff Court: "Given the elements of this case it seems a custodial sentence is going to be inevitable because of the breach of trust."
