February 2015 Pervert took photos of Ayr & Prestwick schoolgirls during their lunch breaks A PERVERT has been taking photos of young schoolgirls in Ayr and Prestwick town centres  Paul Liney took shots of 13 and 14-year-olds in their school uniforms while they were on lunch breaks. The 48-year-old, of Prestwick Main Street, told police he had made a habit of it, Ayr Sheriff Court heard last week. Depute fiscal Scot Toal described how the creep, who lives in Prestwick Main Street, prowled both towns repeatedly. Two Ayr Academy pupils, aged 13 and 14, were left terrified after the stranger appeared out of nowhere in Ayr’s High Street and Newmarket Street on December 2 and November 26. Mr Toal said: “The girls were out for lunch at 1.40pm in the afternoon of December 2. The accused approached and stopped in front of them. He was taking photos on his phone. “He walked past the girls and they could see the camera option open on his phone. “They were alarmed and worried by his behaviour.” The teens told police officers who tracked down Liney and asked whether he had images of Ayr Academy children on his phone. He admitted his device contained the pictures. Liney told cops: ‘It is a habit I have got into. I know it is wrong. I am trying to stop,’ Mr Toal told the court. Earlier last year – between August 1 and October 27 – he targeted another pair of 14-year-old school pupils in his home street in Prestwick. He repeatedly took photos of them without permission – causing fear and alarm. Sheriff Scott Pattison added Liney to the sex offenders register and ordered reports to be prepared. Sheriff Pattison said he believed there was “a significant sexual element in both offences.” Liney – who appeared unshaven in the dock – is due back in court next month. In the meantime he has to comply with strict sex offender rules.