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A man who invited a woman to be his friend on social networking site Bebo has been convicted of breaching bail conditions not to contact her.Barry Gillies, 25, admitted sending the request to Sally Ann Gray the day after a special bail condition had forbid him from approaching her.
He also admitted sending an email to Miss Gray.
He was fined £200 at Perth Sheriff Court for the attempts to contact her on 8 and 9 March.
Fiscal depute Janine Bates said Gillies first made contact with Ms Gray via e-mail on the day he was bailed by the court, pleading with her to give him "another chance".
Not offensive
Ms Bates said: "The next day at 2.58pm and 10.06pm he sent messages asking if he could be friends with her on her Bebo page."
Solicitor Paul Ralph said: "I suppose it means there wasn't any face-to-face contact.
"He seems to have learned his lesson about what the bail conditions mean.
"He now knows how he has to conduct himself if the relationship is to continue."
Sentencing, Sheriff William Gilchrist said: "The communications were not offensive or threatening, but they were a breach of your conditions of bail.
"What is serious is that you did it on the day the conditions were imposed and then again on the day after."This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.