A phone pest who made obscene calls to 11 different women has been put on probation for three years.

Paulo Candido, 35, formerly of the Bear and Ragged Staff pub at Cumnor, near Oxford, admitted conducting himself in a disorderly manner by making obscene and sexually explicit phone calls last year.

All the offences took place in the Fort William area of Scotland, Inverness Sheriff Court heard yesterday. The court was told Candido had no previous convictions and had taken steps to address his problems.

Sheriff Bill Taylor put Candido on probation for three years on condition that he attended a Sex Offender Treatment Programme.

The Bear and Ragged Staff said Candido had been employed as a restaurant manager but was dismissed after his arrest, and no longer lived or worked at the pub.