Scott Notman, an Airdrie paedophile sex offender who evaded police monitoring by living on the streets, has been sentenced to one year in prison.
Scott Notman, a convicted football hooligan and nonce, deceived the police by claiming he had been hospitalised during their search for him. The 49-year-old received a sentence at Airdrie Sheriff Court after acknowledging his failure to report a change of address within three days.
In July 2023, Scott Notman was placed on the sex offenders’ register for a duration of five years following his involvement in a paedophile sting operation. A court was informed that he utilised an online dating platform to communicate with a female whom he presumed to be 14 years old.
‘Emma’ was shown to be an adult affiliated with a vigilante organisation masquerading as a teenager. Scott Notman scheduled a meeting with her but failed to attend.
The Airdrie Sheriff Court was informed that police officers from the sex offenders’ monitoring unit conducted routine checks at Scott Notman’s residence in Airdrie on four occasions in October of this year. He was absent, and the housing officers who arrived with an eviction notice received no response.
Annette Ward, prosecuting, said: “Police officers traced him in a social work office in Bellshill on November 5. He claimed he had been in Monklands Hospital between October 18 and November 4.
“Enquiries at the hospital established he’d attended at the emergency unit on November 3 but was discharged after examination.”
Defence lawyer Tony Linden said Scott Notman’s sex offender status had put him “at a low ebb”, adding: “As remarkable as it seems, he chose to leave his house, preferring to sleep rough.
“Of course, the first thing he was required to do was tell the police, given the clear concerns that arose from them not knowing where he was.”
Sheriff Joseph Hughes told Scott Notman: “Your record shows breaches of non-harassment and community payback orders. This is another example of non-compliance and it’s really serious.
“It can’t be allowed to continue as you are on the sex offenders’ register until 2028.”
In 2021 Scott Notman was jailed for 15 months for breaking a Hearts football fan’s jaw in an unprovoked attack after a game against Motherwell.
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