February 2014 Aberdeen man put on sex offenders’ register for text to girl AN ABERDEEN man has been placed on the sex offenders’ register for three years after sending an indecent text message to a 12-year-old girl. Ian Russell admitted to sending the youngster, who cannot be named for legal reasons, an obscene message, which was said to have “shocked” her. The 56-year-old was sentenced at Aberdeen Sheriff Court yesterday after pleading guilty in January. The court previously heard Russell, 56, sent the message on January 2, 2014 from his house. But Russell, whose address is listed in court papers as Harris Drive, Aberdeen, insisted it had not been meant in a sexual way. At a previous court hearing, defence agent, Shane Campbell said his client accepted he made this comment, but added: “It was a throwaway remark”. At yesterday’s court hearing, Sheriff Kenneth Stewart placed Russell on the sexual offenders register for three years and ordered him to be supervised for three years.