A PERTHSHIRE man who sent a note to a young female neighbour he had never spoken to suggesting she call him “pronto” because he was “horny” had his name added to the sex offenders’ register yesterday.

John Williamson (33), of Rattray, sat shamefaced in the dock as Perth Sheriff Court heard how he slipped the offensive note under the single mum’s door.

The accused admitted to causing a breach of the peace by sending the misguided billet-doux on July 15.

Depute fiscal Stuart Richardson gave details of Williamson’s ham-fisted amorous approach.

“The lady mentioned in the charge lives with her child,” he said.

“She told police she was aware of the accused in as much as he lived nearby but they have never been friendly.

“In fact she does not think they have ever spoken.

“On this particular day she left her house briefly and when she came back she found the accused had put the note through her door.”

Mr Richardson said the message started out by striking a relatively innocent note but soon descended into squalid innuendo.

“The note effectively described how the accused had formed a crush on her and suggested she might like to contact him so they could go out together,” the depute fiscal said.

“He provided a telephone number and also added, ‘I am not some serial stalker’.”

Mr Richardson said the tone of the note then changed.

“Up to this point it could all have been treated as merely an unwanted invite but unfortunately about halfway down he described how he had seen the complainer earlier that day and was ‘so horny he could not help himself’,” he told the court.

“He concluded that he hoped to hear from her ‘pronto’ as he was ‘gagging for it.’

“The complainer was concerned about the tone of the letter and contacted the police.”

Williamson’s solicitor Donald Elliot said the accused now realised how “inappropriate” his actions had been.

“He wanted to ask her out but did not go about it in the right way,” he said.

“He did say ‘horny’ and ‘gagging for it’ but it is perhaps not at the higher end of sexual offences.”

Sheriff Lindsay Foulis deferred sentence until November 19 for various reports, including an assessment by the Tay Project which works with sex offenders.

“Having regard to certain phrases used, I do consider there was a significant sexual element to this offence” the sheriff said.

Williamson was added to the sex offenders’ register with immediate effect.