A man who frisked 10 children at a football park claimed he was looking for his lost designer sunglasses.

Lee Cameron, 30, searched the kids aged between 12 and 16 at Glasgow's Firhill Sports Complex on April 23 2022.

Cameron claimed that the £500 Louis Vuitton shades were "sentimental" and had been bought for him by his dead grandfather.

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He stated that the group of youths at the football park had laughed at him and one told him to "f*** off."

Cameron further claimed that he searched the eldest boy first as he was suspicious of him having his hands down the waistband of his shorts.

He told a court that he used the outside of his hand to search the kids as he knew at the time that it was wrong.

Cameron - who was described as creepy and weird - stated that kids had "colluded" with each other in a "scheme" to get him into trouble.

Cameron was found guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner.

The charge says that he repeatedly approached a group of children, made unfounded accusations against them, shouted, swore, gesticulated in an aggressive manner.

The paperwork goes on to say he repeatedly uttered threats of violence, repeatedly patted them on the body and attempted to search their person.

He was also convicted of assaulting a 16-year-old boy after the jury deleted an allegation of sexual assault.

Cameron was acquitted of five charges of sexual assault against the other children.

The court heard from Cameron, of Maryhill, that he went to the football pitches with two boys who were in his care.

He told jurors that he lost sunglasses while at the park and he "flew off the handle."

Cameron said: "These were the sunglasses that my granddad had bought me. He died. The glasses were more sentimental - it was not about the money or anything."

Jurors heard from other witnesses that Cameron was under the influence of alcohol at the time which he denied.

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Cameron approached a group of youths who were also at the park and spoke to the eldest who was a 16-year-old boy.

Prosecutor Sean Docherty asked: "You said he did something which made you suspicious?"

Cameron replied: "He had his hands down in his shorts - he said 'f*** off, I have not got the glasses'.

He added that the other youths were "laughing and joking" about it.

Cameron said: "In retrospect, I shouldn't have searched anyone - I am sorry for what it has caused, I just flew off the handle."

Mr Docherty put it to Cameron that made threats such as he would "put them six feet under", "take someone's head off", and referenced a hospital.

Cameron told the court that he used the back of the hand to do his search.

Mr Docherty asked: "Why did you do that?"

Cameron said: "In retrospect, I thought I maybe shouldn't search them."

Mr Docherty asked: "Why did you touch him on the leg?"

Cameron saod: "I didn't really, it was his shorts."

The fiscal depute later asked Cameron what gave him the right to search the children.

He replied: "I had no right - they gave me consent but."

Mr Docherty then put it to Cameron that a second 14-year-old boy gave evidence that he asked him to take his top off.

Cameron replied: "I asked him to lift his t-shirt up."

He also stated that the boy was "mistaken or lying" about being asked to take his top off.

Mr Docherty said: "The boy gave evidence that he saw you touch the other boy on the groin area."

Cameron stated that this was "false."

Mr Docherty put it to Cameron that a third 13-year-old boy claimed that he attempted to touch his penis but his hand was batted away.

Cameron replied: "I didn't search him as he did not give me consent."

Jurors heard that Cameron also approached a second group of youths.

A boy claimed Cameron asked him to pull his zip down and looked at his bare chest which he refuted.

Cameron claimed that he asked the boy to pull his top up.

He also denied a girl's claims that he looked down her top and she had a bra on.

Mr Docherty said: "They said they called the police and you put your arm around another girl and kissed her on the cheek."

Cameron also denied this, claimed that she was lying and that he had "brushed past" her.

Jurors were told that the kids referred to Cameron in their evidence as "weird" and a "creep" which he claimed made him feel "disgusted."

Cameron later claimed that the kids had "colluded" with each other and made a "scheme" to get him into trouble.

Sentence was deferred pending background reports until next month by Sheriff Joan Kerr.