A former Commonwealth Games gymnast who represented Scotland has been sentenced for sex crimes against two schoolgirls.

Ryan McKee, 25, knew the girls were 14 when he became involved with them through a sports club where he coached.

He was given a community payback order with 250 hours' unpaid work to be carried out within nine months.

McKee, who represented Scotland in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, preyed on the two teenagers from the Glasgow club between 2010 and 2015.

He kissed one girl and asked her if she wanted to see indecent images of him, requesting she send pictures to him. He also kissed a second girl and exchanged naked pictures with her.

Pub worker McKee denied the charges at Glasgow Sheriff Court but was found guilty after trial.

Sheriff Tony Kelly convicted McKee, of Barmulloch in Glasgow, of "engaging in sexual behaviour" and communicating indecently with one girl between April and August 2015.

He also found him guilty of using lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and behaviour towards the other between March 2010 and March 2012.

McKee has not to be in contact with girls under 16 and for the next eight months has to remain within his home between 8pm and 8am.

He will also be on the sex offenders register for three years.

Passing sentence, the sheriff said: "I observed striking similarities between the accounts given by each of the complainers.

"In my view this was a course of conduct persisting over a significant period of time with a number of young girls. That alone is disturbing enough."

He added McKee was in a position of trust and asked the girls to send him images of themselves.

The mother of one girl, who confronted her daughter after hearing about "inappropriate conduct" with McKee, gave evidence along with the youngsters.

The woman saw text messages sent from McKee asking the girl to keep quiet about what happened between them.

He said in the message: "If it gets out it's true between me and you I wont ever work again."