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STV News
a day ago
- STV News
Care worker struck off for sending sexual messages to officer posing as child
A Scottish social care worker has been banned from the profession after sending sexual messages to a police officer posing as a child. Noel Boyd was convicted of sending inappropriate messages regarding sexual activity to a girl who he believed was under the age of 13 between November 27, 2023 and November 29, 2023 at Stirling Sheriff Court The social care worker asked the girl, who was actually an undercover officer, for images from her and from her school friends and attempted to communicate indecently with a younger child. Boyd failed to disclose that he was charged with the offence while employed as a support practitioner by The Richmond Fellowship Scotland. The Scottish Social Services Council found that Boyd's behaviour displayed 'a disregard for the wellbeing of vulnerable people.' Their report outlined: 'The behaviour raises significant public protection concerns. 'There is a clear need to protect vulnerable individuals who use social services, in particular children, from the risks associated with your behaviour. 'There would be substantial concerns if you were allowed to continue 'to work with vulnerable people. Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
The Courier
4 days ago
- The Courier
Stirling charity worker who sent sexual messages to 'child under 13' struck off
A Stirling charity worker has been struck off after being 'dishonest' about a criminal offence. Noel Boyd, who worked as a support practitioner for The Richmond Fellowship, attempted to 'communicate indecently' with a child between November 27 and 29 2023. The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) found evidence that he had sent sexual messages to an undercover police officer whom he believed to be a child under the age of 13. He also 'repeatedly' requested images from her and her school friends. Stirling Sheriff Court confirmed Mr Boyd was convicted on August 27 2024 of an offence under the Sexual Offences Act 2009 S24(1). The SSSC said Mr Boyd had 'deliberately sought to conceal the details of the criminal charge'. His behaviour was also found to be 'fundamentally incompatible with continued professional registration'. The SSSC has removed him from the social care register. The report read: 'Being convicted of this offence calls into question your suitability to work as a social service worker and brings the reputation of the profession into disrepute. 'If no action were taken to protect against the public protection risks posed by your behaviour, the public would be entitled to call into question the integrity of the SSSC as the regulator of the profession.' The SSSC said Mr Boyd's behaviour raised 'significant public protection concerns'. The report read: 'Social service workers are trusted to ensure the welfare and safety of the most vulnerable in society. 'The public have the right to expect that social service workers, in whom they place trust and confidence, will uphold the law and not behave, whether inside or outside work, in a way which would call into question their suitability to work in social services. 'You have been convicted of sending indecent communications to a person you believed to be a child under thirteen years of age. 'Your behaviour risked causing emotional and psychological harm to your victim. 'Your behaviour displays a disregard for the wellbeing of vulnerable people and raises serious concerns over your suitability to work with vulnerable individuals who use social services.' The Richmond Fellowship has been asked for comment.
Scottish Sun
29-05-2025
- Scottish Sun
Primary school worker called girl, 12, ‘sl*g' and ‘stupid fat wh***' & offered to dish kids vapes in vile Snapchats
The support worker also threatened to 'hurt' the young girl in her shocking texts Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A CHILD support worker has been struck off after calling a young girl a "sl*g" and a "stupid fat wh***" over vile messages on Snapchat. Gillian Sorbie, 41, who previously worked at a primary school in Fife, Scotland, was removed from her job after sending the disgusting texts to two 12-year-old kids between March and October 2023. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up She also offered to buy vapes and "dish them out" to kids at the school - having used pupils' details to find and add them on Snapchat. In one of the shocking messages sent to the young girl, she told the pupil to "go to f**king hell" and even threatened to "hurt her". The messages were published following a hearing by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), unveiling the vile behaviour of the former school support worker. Sorbie sent messages which read: "Go suck a f**k, that's what wh***s do, so anytime you feel like it." She also verbally abused the pupil further, telling her to "go to f**king hell" and "just you wait till tomorrow you stupid fat wh***". Sorbie also threatened to hurt the same young girl, saying: "F**k you, you're gonna hurt when I see you tomorrow." She then went on to shockingly ask: "Are you dead yet?" In messages to another 12-year-old student, Sorbie arranged to buy them a vape, reports the Daily Record. She wrote: "I'm going to get yours in the shop round from me before I head down. "Any particular type or flavour you want?" Female teacher, 27, had 'sex with student in classroom' hours before arrest as '8-month relationship' exposed Sorbie also instructed the young child to get into her car before exchanging the vapes for cash. Telling the pupil about her plans over Snapchat, she wrote: "What to do is, all of you give all the money to one person, then that person can jump in my car and I'll hand over all of the vapes and they can dish them out after I've gone. "Don't want to be seen selling you vapes in public so gotta be subtle. xx". Shockingly, Sorbie then joked that she couldn't "have folk know" she was "selling vapes to 11-year-olds". She told the pupil that it has "to be kept quiet", and also asked them how many other students wanted vapes. Sorbie was convicted of selling a nicotine product to a person under the age of 18 at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court in September last year. During a hearing at the SSSC last week, a panel heard how the child support worker tried to delete the messages after a parent of one of the children attempted to save them. She ultimately failed in her bid to conceal any wrongdoing and was banned by the safety watchdog from working in social care indefinitely. 'ABUSIVE AND INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT' The SSSC ruling on the case read: "You provided two former pupils of the primary school where you worked with your contact details and then repeatedly contacted them both on a social media messaging application. "This was further aggravated by the abusive and innappropriate content of the messages. "You offered to sell nicotine vape devices to a child. This is an abuse of the trust placed in you by your employer and the parents of the children you were entrusted to care for." It added: "You attempted to delete messages as the parent of one of the children was trying to save them in an attempt to conceal your wrongdoing. "A warning would not be appropriate as the behaviour is extremely serious and a warning would give no protection to service users or the public. "A condition would not be appropriate because the type of behaviour at issue is not the type of behaviour which conditions would rectify."
The Irish Sun
29-05-2025
- The Irish Sun
Primary school worker called girl, 12, ‘sl*g' and ‘stupid fat wh***' & offered to dish kids vapes in vile Snapchats
A CHILD support worker has been struck off after calling a young girl a "sl*g" and a "stupid fat wh***" over vile messages on Snapchat. Gillian Sorbie, 41, who previously worked at a primary school in Advertisement She also offered to buy vapes and "dish them out" to kids at the school - having used pupils' details to find and add them on Snapchat. In one of the shocking messages sent to the young girl, she told the pupil to "go to f**king hell" and even threatened to "hurt her". The messages were published following a hearing by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), unveiling the vile behaviour of the former school support worker. Sorbie sent messages which read: "Go suck a f**k, that's what wh***s do, so anytime you feel like it." Advertisement Read More on UK News She also verbally abused the pupil further, telling her to "go to f**king hell" and "just you wait till tomorrow you stupid fat wh***". Sorbie also threatened to hurt the same young girl, saying: "F**k you, you're gonna hurt when I see you tomorrow." She then went on to shockingly ask: "Are you dead yet?" In messages to another 12-year-old student, Sorbie arranged to buy them a vape, reports the Advertisement Most read in The Sun She wrote: "I'm going to get yours in the shop round from me before I head down. "Any particular type or flavour you want?" Female teacher, 27, had 'sex with student in classroom' hours before arrest as '8-month relationship' exposed Sorbie also instructed the young child to get into her car before exchanging the vapes for cash. Telling the pupil about her plans over Snapchat, she wrote: "What to do is, all of you give all the money to one person, then that person can jump in my car and I'll hand over all of the vapes and they can dish them out after I've gone. Advertisement "Don't want to be seen selling you vapes in public so gotta be subtle. xx". Shockingly, Sorbie then joked that she couldn't "have folk know" she was "selling vapes to 11-year-olds". She told the pupil that it has "to be kept quiet", and also asked them how many other students wanted vapes. Sorbie was convicted of selling a nicotine product to a person under the age of 18 at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court in September last year. Advertisement During a hearing at the SSSC last week, a panel heard how the child support worker tried to delete the messages after a parent of one of the children attempted to save them. She ultimately failed in her bid to conceal any wrongdoing and was banned by the safety watchdog from working in social care indefinitely. 'ABUSIVE AND INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT' The SSSC ruling on the case read: "You provided two former pupils of the primary school where you worked with your contact details and then repeatedly contacted them both on a social media messaging application. "This was further aggravated by the abusive and innappropriate content of the messages. Advertisement "You offered to sell It added: "You attempted to delete messages as the parent of one of the children was trying to save them in an attempt to conceal your wrongdoing. "A warning would not be appropriate as the behaviour is extremely serious and a warning would give no protection to service users or the public. "A condition would not be appropriate because the type of behaviour at issue is not the type of behaviour which conditions would rectify." Advertisement 1 Gillian Sorbie was convicted of selling a nicotine product to a person under the age of 18 at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court in September last year Credit: Linkedin
Daily Record
29-05-2025
- Daily Record
School support worker called little girl 's**g' and 'fat wh*re on Snapchat
Gillian Sorbie, a former primary school support worker, went on to call the child a "fat whore". A child support worker has been struck off after calling a little girl a "slag" and a "fat wh*re" on Snapchat. Gillian Sorbie, a former staff member at a primary school in Fife, was removed from the profession after sending a catalogue of inappropriate messages to two kids, both aged 12, between March and October 2023. The former staff member, 41, communicated with the children online after using their details to add them on the social media app. In a series of shocking messages sent to one pupil, she told the girl to "Go to f**king hell" and threatened to "hurt her". The exchanges, published following a hearing by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), read: "Go suck a f**k", that's what wh*res do, so anytime you feel like it". In other messages, Sorbie told the pupil: "Go to f**king hell" and "just you wait till tomorrow you stupid fat wh*re". She went on to tell the same child: "F**k you, you're gonna hurt when I see you tomorrow" before going on to ask: "Are you dead yet?" In correspondence to another child, Storbie arranged to buy the pupil a vape. She said: "I'm going to get yours in the shop round from me before I head down. "Any particular type or flavour you want?" Storbie instructed the child to get in her car before exchanging the devices for cash. In the Snapchat message, she said: "What to do is, all of you give all the money to one person, then that person can jump in my car and I'll hand over all of the vapes and they can dish them out after I've gone. "Don't want to be seen selling you vapes in public so gotta be subtle. xx" She asked: "How many? Got to be kept quiet though. I can't have folk knowing I'm selling vapes to 11-year-olds, lol." Sorbie was convicted of selling a nicotine product to a person under the age of 18 at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court in September last year. Her conduct was laid bare during a hearing at the SSSC last week. The panel heard how Sorbie attempted to delete the messages as the parent of one child attempted to save them in a bid to conceal her wrongdoing. The watchdog banned her from working in social care indefinitely. The SSSC ruling reads: "You provided two former pupils of the primary school where you worked with your contact details and then repeatedly contacted them both on a social media messaging application. "This was further aggravated by the abusive and innappropriate content of the messages. "You offered to sell nicotine vape devices to a child. This is an abuse of the trust placed in you by your employer and the parents of the children you were entrusted to care for." It added: "You attempted to delete messages as the parent of one of the children was trying to save them in an attempt to conceal your wrongdoing. "A warning would not be appropriate as the behaviour is extremely serious and a warning would give no protection to service users or the public. "A condition would not be appropriate because the type of behaviour at issue is not the type of behaviour which conditions would rectify." Sharon McKenzie, Head of HR at Fife Council, said: "As a responsible employer, we don't discuss the individual circumstances of any current or former employees."
