A 30-year-old man from Oban has been spared jail after sending indecent images and messages to four underage girls.
Donald McCormick, of 12 The Greens, Glencruitten, was fined £2,000 and given 240 hours of unpaid work. He is also subject to the notification requirement of the Sexual Offences Act for seven years.
As well as this, McCormick is prohibited from contacting children under the age of 16 without supervision.