Man on sex offenders register after traumatising women at Glasgow Fort Ann Summers store

A man who left two young women traumatised at an Ann Summers store after complaining about a broken sex toy has been ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work.

Steven Logan frightened his victims with his bizarre behaviour at the branch at the Glasgow Fort shopping centre last March 21.

He initially spoke to one sales assistant about the item he had earlier bought at the Ann Summers store in Edinburgh.

The 52-year-old claimed it had snapped and then showed the young woman a photo of the toy, which appeared to have a crack in it.

The worker told Glasgow Sheriff Court how they continued to have a chat on how best to use the device.

She then recalled how Logan suddenly showed her a “different” photo of the sex toy being used.

The witness was asked by fiscal Ramsay Cunningham how she reacted.

The young woman replied: “I said, ‘please do not show me that’ – but I saw the picture.”

Mr Cunningham asked the witness: “Did you want to see the image?”

The woman replied: “No – no one wants to see that at work or at any time trying to do their job.”

The assistant exchanged the item and reported what happened to her manager.

A second woman – a young healthcare assistant – had also been in the Ann Summers shop that day.

Logan came up to speak to her outside.

“He was asking what items I purchased and if I bought lubricant,” she told the court.

“I answered that I did not feel comfortable and it was not any of his business.”

The woman said that Logan went on to show her the picture of the sex toy being used after telling her about his experience with it.

She said she felt “very uncomfortable, frightened”.

Logan continued to make a number of comments as he followed her to the car park including asking if she had a boyfriend.

In his evidence, Logan admitted showing the image to the second woman adding: “I regret that – I completely misjudged the situation.”

His lawyer Brian Fitzpatrick asked why he did and Logan replied: “I simply do not know.”

But, he denied showing the graphic image to the shop worker as he was “fully aware of my surroundings”.

Logan, of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, was found guilty of intentionally causing the first victim to look at a sexual image.

The first offender was also convicted of intentionally directing sexual verbal communication towards the second woman.

Sheriff Shona Gilroy told Logan that the two women were “credible and reliable”.

In convicting Logan, she added: “I can infer that he wished to impose his will on the second woman. He suggested that it was an adult conversation – it was quite the opposite.

“The woman on the CCTV was seen looking away from him and he turned 45 degrees to look at her. Her lack of engagement was tangible.

“She did not consent to be shown the image.”

Logan was put on the sex offenders register and placed under supervision for six months as well as given the unpaid work order.