A man uploaded videos and images of two police officers to TikTok – which were viewed more than two million times – revealing details of their personal lives.
Robert Taylor, 24, of Royston, was sentenced at Glasgow Sheriff Court after admitting to capturing video footage of a male and female cop in direct threat to their safety.
It was stated that Taylor posted a video to his TikTok account ‘BadBoyBoab’ - which had around 73,000 followers - on January 12, 2022, showing the two officers driving past his home in an unmarked police car.
In the video, he stated: “Ah, it’s the wee …, ya wee junkie man, ya wee junkie cow, f*****g rats”.
The post was captioned “wee tart stalking my house can she not take the hint, a don’t love her”.
Taylor also uploaded a video on May 25, 2022, showing the same officers walking on Royston Square dealing with another matter.
On July 29, 2022, the male officer was off-duty and travelling on a flight to Mallorca with his family.
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At 12.50pm police at the Dalmarnock office were made aware of a photo posted to Taylor’s TikTok account showing the officer on the flight.
It was captioned “poor guy can’t even go his holidays without being recognised now, enjoy Mallorca” alongside laughing face emojis.
It was believed an unknown person on the flight recognised the officer from Taylor’s TikTok account, took the photo and sent it to him.
Taylor then posted a video montage of photos of the female officer, off duty playing football for a named team on September 22, 2022, captioned “currently in tears” alongside laughing face emojis.
He commented “that undercover copper that cannot stand me” and another user replied asking “is her name …” to which Taylor replied “yeah”.
As of September 30, 2022, the videos of the two officers had been viewed over two million times attracting nearly 1200 comments.
On the same date, police attended Taylor’s home and executed a search warrant. His laptop and phone were seized.
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He was later interviewed, cautioned and charged.
Taylor’s lawyer told the court that her client had not “truly appreciated the serious nature of the offences”.
She said: “It is a common feature of social media that people often record interactions with police officers.
“What causes the difficulty for him is he reached beyond his own direct interaction and into the officers’ personal lives.
“At the time he perceived himself as somewhat targeted by police, not necessarily those officers concerned but by police in general.
“This offence stems from immaturity and not the intention to invoke harm to those officers.”
Sheriff Anna Reid placed Taylor on a community payback order with two years social work supervision, 270 hours of unpaid work, and tagged him for 164 days keeping him indoors from 7pm to 7am.
Non-harassment orders were also granted for both officers for a period of two years.
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