May 2016 Man who sent photo of his penis to nine-year-old jailed An Angus man who sent photographs of his private parts to girls as young as nine via social media has been jailed for two years. Michael Grimes also sent “inappropriate sexual messages” to girls under the age of 16. Grimes, 25, from Montrose, sent one girl indecent pictures after she refused his request for photos of herself. He was also placed on the sex offenders register. The court was told Grimes’ youngest victim, who was completely unknown to him, was nine-years-old when he started sending her private messages on Facebook after she accepted his friend request. Fiscal depute Donna Brown said Grimes had asked the youngster to assess the size of his private parts in the messages. Miss Brown said the girl told her mother, who contacted police. A search of Grimes’ home had revealed pictures on his laptop and his mobile phone, as well as the pair of pink boxer shorts he had been wearing in some of the indecent pictures. In another incident, Grimes met up with a 14-year-old girl at his home after saying he would give her cigarettes, but the victim left when she “got freaked out” by him. The court heard Grimes asked the girl to send pictures of herself over Facebook, which she refused to do, but he sent her four or five pictures of his private parts to her. Grimes, 25, of St John’s Place, Montrose, pleaded guilty to using lewd, indecent and libidinous practices towards a 14-year-old girl between March 2011 and October 2012. He also admitted sending written sexual communications and pictures to another 14-year-old girl between April 2012 and April 2014. Grimes also admitted a further charge related to a nine-year-old girl who he caused to look at sexual images by sending a picture of his private parts over social media in March 2015. Sheriff Alastair Brown jailed Grimes for two years and placed him on the sex offenders register for the same period. He said: “This conduct is extremely serious and I’m satisfied that for these offences nothing short of imprisonment is in any way appropriate.” March 2016 Man sent images to young girls asking them to rate his penis size A 25-year-old Montrose man sent pictures of his penis to girls as young as nine and asked them if they thought it was small, a court has heard. Michael Grimes admitted sending photographs of his genitals to three girls he did not know using Facebook, as well as inappropriate sexual messages to girls under the age of 16. The youngest victim was just nine when she started receiving private messages from him, who she did not know, Dundee Sheriff Court heard. Depute fiscal Donna Brown said: “He sent three separate images of his penis to her. He asked her if she thought his penis was small. She told her mother, who contacted police.” The court heard how Grimes sent the private messages after the girl accepted his friend request on Facebook. A search of his home had revealed pictures on his laptop and his mobile phone, as well as the pair of pink boxer shorts he had been wearing in some of the indecent pictures. In another incident, Grimes met up with a 14-year-old girl at his home after saying he would give her cigarettes, but the victim left when she “got freaked out” by him. The court heard Grimes asked the girl to send pictures of herself over Facebook, which she refused to do, but he sent her four or five pictures of his penis to her. Grimes, of St John’s Place, Montrose, admitted using lewd, indecent and libidinous practices towards a 14-year-old girl between March 2011 and October 2012. He also admitted sending written sexual communications and pictures of his penis to another 14-year-old girl between April 2012 and April 2014. A further charge related to a nine-year-old girl who Grimes caused to look at sexual images by sending a picture of his penis over social media in March 2015. Grimes is currently subject to the notification requirements of the sex offenders register, which he already breached by his latest Facebook communication with the nine-year-old. He was granted bail while social work reports are prepared and will appear again on April 18.