YouTube ‘pick-up artist’, 38, who left female victims as young as 16 ‘mentally scarred’ after secretly filming himself approaching them and posting the videos online is jailed for two years
- Adnan Ahmed called himself ‘Addy A-game’ in videos he uploaded on YouTube
- He claimed he could teach others how to ‘pick up’ women in central Glasgow
- But police investigated his videos and charged him with threatening behaviour
- Now he has been jailed for two years and put on the sex offenders register
Adnan Ahmed – who posted ‘pick-up’ videos online – has been jailed for threatening behaviour
A self-styled pick-up artist has been jailed for two years over threatening behaviour towards young women that left them ‘mentally scarred’.
Adnan Ahmed called himself ‘Addy A-game’ in videos he uploaded on YouTube showing himself approaching girls, in a bid to instruct others how to ‘pick up’ women.
But the 38-year-old was today convicted of threatening and abusive behaviour for approaching several young women, causing them fear and alarm.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard one woman was aged 21 when he approached her in the street, made comments about her appearance, touched her cheek and tried to kiss her, leading to her pushing him away.
He also approached two schoolgirls, aged 16 and 17, asked the older one if she was at school, if she was married and if she wanted to meet for coffee.
He also approached two other women in the street, with all the offences taking place between 2016 and 2019 in Glasgow city centre and Uddingston.
Ahmed approached woman and girls in Glasgow and posted the videos on YouTube
Sheriff Lindsay Wood found there was a ‘significant sexual aspect’ to the offences and placed Ahmed on the sex offenders register for 10 years.
‘Two schoolgirls were shamefully targeted by you in a quiet lane and the three other women were considerably younger than you,’ the sheriff told Ahmed.
‘Why on earth would you consider it appropriate to touch a complete stranger on the cheek and try to kiss them?’
Police began an investigation after his behaviour was revealed by the BBC’s The Social show.
He added: ‘You have acquired both notoriety and an unenviable reputation. Further, the public will be wise to such behaviour in future towards women by you and others like you.
‘The courts will always try to keep abreast of developing criminal trends which cause public disquiet, concern and even outrage and will take appropriate steps to tackle these.’
He praised Ahmed’s victims for giving evidence, adding: ‘The mental scarring won’t leave in a hurry but they will be fortified that by giving evidence of what really happened you will be held to account.’
Ahmed, of Glasgow, disputed his actions were unlawful and in evidence accused his victims of lying or misconstruing him
His lawyer Donna Armstrong later told he court heard he had not intended to cause fear and alarm, but he was found guilty earlier this year.
The court heard Ahmed had previous convictions, including for drink-driving and a firearms charge, and had previously been jailed seven times – the longest for two years and three months.