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John Studd, 65, claimed he knew all along that he was chatting with an undercover police officer rather than a 12-year-old girl - and was doing it to help his ill wife.

Residents face a night without electricity as Storm Boelo hits the north-east.

Police shut off the southern stretch of Charlotte Street at around 2pm, as special aerial ladder trucks were brought in to stop debris crashing onto the road below.

Police have named the man who died following an incident that sparked a string of road closures in Aberdeen.

Gale force winds have been battering the seafront all weekend, which has led to a number of mobile homes being wrecked across the embankment.

The school will be closed to all staff and pupils on Monday.

Police closed off Urquhart Road on Sunday as an alloy tower roughly 10 metres tall teetered amid Storm Boelo conditions.

The Press and Journal is monitoring all the latest weather disruption as the weekend's storm is escalated to an amber warning.