A police officer has been cleared of allegations that he used a police database to find the phone numbers of two women then stalked them.
Russell Taylor was found not guilty of three of 11 charges against him at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court and during his trial the Crown dropped the others.
Sheriff Jamie Gilchrist found him not guilty of one charge and he was cleared of the remaining two which were put to the jury.
Taylor, 35, was suspended by Police Scotland in light of the accusations he accessed the then Fife Constabulary’s database to get the phone numbers of Lauren Bell and Hilary McBride then repeatedly contacted them, the latter over the course of almost two years.
He was also accused of stalking another woman, Laura Allan, for almost 18 months at gyms, pubs, nightclubs and a hair salon across Fife.
Taylor, of Peasehill Gait, Rosyth, who was based at Levenmouth and Dunfermline police stations, maintained his innocence throughout proceedings.
He was accused of repeatedly following Ms Allan, approaching her, staring at her, making threats and repeatedly making threatening and abusive phone calls and text messages to her, starting in November 2009.
In April 2011 he was said to have accessed the police database for Ms Bell’s and Ms McBride’s numbers then repeatedly phoning and sending messages them and going to Ms Bride’s home.
Prosecutors had also accused him of accessing crime files containing information about Ms Bell and viewing two other crime files with no operational reason to do so.
Police Scotland refused to say whether Taylor would be permitted to return to work.
A spokesman said: “A report is being prepared for the Deputy Chief Constable.
“It would not be appropriate to comment further at this time.”