PAEDO’S FIFE DATE WITH GIRL (14) DOESN’T GO TO PLAN
A 63-year-old man travelled from Peterhead to Kirkcaldy to meet his 14-year-old ‘girlfriend’ but when he got off the bus he was only met by paedophile hunters.
Allan Cruickshank had planned to spend the night having sex at a guest house with the girl, who turned out to be an online decoy.
Cruickshank, formerly of Peterhead, now of King Street, Aberdeen, had been sending sexual messages telling the girl he would be her “first BF”.
Cruickshank was back in Fife for an appearance in the dock at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court today (Tuesday)
He admitted that between 2nd and July 2024, he communicated with someone he believed to be a young girl.
He asked her to be his girlfriend, described numerous sex acts he wanted to perform with her and thereby attempted to communicate indecently with a child.
Between the same dates, he made arrangements to travel with the intention of meeting the person he believed to be a girl and intended to engage in unlawful sexual activity with her.
Two groups of paedo hunters were involved. One set up the decoy which snared Cruickshank and another attended the bus station for the sting.
Depute fiscal Rachel Hill said Cruickshank started an online conversation with the decoy saying, “Hi beautiful” and was quickly told the girl was 14.
In later online discussions he asked if he could be her boyfriend before engaging in graphic sexual instructions.
He arranged to meet the girl in Kirkcaldy and said he had booked a B&B in Leven for them to spend the night together.
He told her to say she was his daughter when they got to the accommodation.
“We can have sex. I will be your first BF,” he wrote.
On the day of their planned meeting, Cruickshank got on an early morning bus from Peterhead and was posting regular updates and photos from his journey.
When he arrived at Kirkcaldy and he was seen looking around for someone but the only ones there were the paedophiles hunters who confirmed who he was before calling the police.
Sheriff Robert More called for reports and Cruickshank will return to court for sentencing on 29th May. He has been put on the sex offenders register.
