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Top BBC Scotland director guilty of sending explicit sexual images to teen girls

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Top BBC Scotland director guilty of sending explicit sexual images to teen girls

An award-winning BBC Scotland film director has been banned from using social media after being convicted of sending explicit sexual images of himself to three teenage girls.

Simon Craig, who worked as a writer and director for BBC’s The Social under the name Simon Fox, targeted his victims when he was a DJ at under-18s club nights in Edinburgh.




He added the girls, then aged 14 and 15, on social media platforms before going on to send them explicit images of himself and pornographic videos.

Craig was convicted of lewd, explicit and libidinous practices and behaviour, at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, to-

A victim, now in her 30s, said: “He thought he was untouchable. I doubt we’re the only vict-ims, I’m sure there will be more.”

Craig, 41, from Airdrie, Lanarkshire, was convicted of lewd, explicit and libidinous practices and behaviour, at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, towards three victims between February 2005 and July 2007.

Despite his conviction, Craig remained as someone commissioned by the public broadcaster until last week.

His work was listed on their site until we asked them about his criminal past. His profile has since been removed.

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