A Kirkcaldy man has gone on trial accused of terrorising girls across central Fife in a seven-year flashing campaign. Gavin Morrison, 44, faces ten charges at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court, with the trial expected to last up to two weeks. Sixteen named complainers are set to give evidence.

The youngest was just six when she and two others were allegedly accosted, with two of the group falling prey to Morrison for a second time less than a year later, according to one of the charges. Another charge alleges three teenage girls were targeted in a Halloween ambush on Kirkcaldy’s Rabbit Braes. All the offences are said to have taken place in Kirkcaldy and , from 2015 up until October 2022.

Morrison, of Citron Glebe, , is variously accused of exposing his penis, masturbating in front of victims, committing an act of public indecency and conducting himself in a disorderly manner. heard from one witness who managed to film a naked man wearing a “balaclava” at Rabbit Braes in July 2020. The seconds-long piece of footage showed a naked man walking past while wearing nothing but shoes, sunglasses and a mask covering the lower half of his face.

The woman, who was 15 at the time, said she and a friend had gone to the beauty spot for a picnic when they noticed a man acting suspiciously. She said he went away but returned and her friend started “screaming”. ”I could see.

..he had no clothing other than a snood pulled over (his face).

“It was pulled to his sunglasses so it resembled a.