A mental health nurse who sent colleagues naked pictures and sexually explicit messages has avoided prison.
Derek Revie targeted 10 women, including two student nurses, at the Lanarkshire hospital where he worked.
Revie, of Manse View, Newarthill, was put under supervision for three years at Hamilton Sheriff Court this week.
Sheriff Ray Small said he had "seriously considered" prison, but the case had been brought under summary procedure and the maximum he could impose was a year.
With good behaviour and under early release rules, the 53-year-old could have been freed after serving as little as three months.
The sheriff said: "I must balance whether the public are better protected by an unrealistically short custodial sentence or three years supervision in the community."
Revie admitted a string of offences committed between 2019 and 2021.
Rebecca Clark, prosecuting, said he had worked as an NHS mental health nurse since 1989 and cared for patients with severe dementia.
He knew all of the nurses and students involved because he worked beside them.
He sent some of them a video of him masturbating.
Ms Clark told the court: "The victims speak of being shocked, disgusted and distressed. One woman said the video made her sick to the stomach."
Revie would often send further messages, apologising and blaming his behaviour on excessive drinking.
He begged one woman not to report him, saying he would lose his job.
One student nurse did complain after Revie targeted her in 2019.
He was interviewed by a manager, but claimed he'd sent an explicit photo by mistake and no action was taken against him at that time.
Another woman reported him to her line manager, but again it appeared nothing was done.
Referring to a later victim, Ms Clark said: "She was distressed by messages of a sexual nature, but did not want to report him for fear of jeopardising her student placement."
However, police were brought in after another nurse received a disgusting Facebook message from Revie in January last year.
Defence agent Jackson Bateman said the offences were "driven by his alcohol problem".
The solicitor added: "Up to that point he had lived a pro-social life. He has lost a great deal through his own fault."
Revie must also carry out 220 hours of unpaid community work and attend a programme for sex offenders.
His Internet use will be monitored and he will be on the sex offenders' register for five years.
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