An SNP activist who was hounded online by disgraced MSP Derek Mackay has asked party bosses to speak to him during their probe into the former finance minister’s conduct.
last night said he wants to speak to SNP bosses about Mackay’s behaviour, which included a message asking him for “naughty pics”.
The 25-year-old also encouraged any other victims of to come forward.
Shaun said he has received support from fellow SNP supporters after speaking out to the Record over his ordeal.
We told how he received dozens of unwanted Facebook messages from Mackay over almost fours years despite meeting the politician just once.
Mackay, 42, resigned as finance secretary – hours before he was due to deliver Thursday’s budget – after it emerged he sent messages to a 16-year-old boy.
In the online messages, Mackay invited the teen to dinner and a rugby event as well as calling him “cute”.
The SNP confirmed it was carrying out an investigation in the wake of the sickening revelations.
Shaun said: “I think it’s 100 per cent right for the party to have an inquiry. That’s the way forward.
“I haven’t heard anything from the party yet. I’d be up for speaking to them.”
Shaun said he hadn’t received any abuse on social media over his decision to end his silence over Mackay.
He added: “I’ve not had anything like that. It seems like there’s been a pretty good reaction, even within the SNP movement.
“I hope my speaking out shows that it’s alright to share.”
Shaun said he hadn’t been contacted by Mackay since we broke his story yesterday.
Shaun said he met Mackay at a SNP fundraising dinner at the Cairndale Hotel in Dumfries in March 2016. He described how Mackay made a “beeline” for him at the busy function.
Mackay then tracked him down on Facebook, sending a friend request, then later firing off a barrage of private messages.
Shaun, from Edinburgh, said he felt “pressurised” to respond due to his standing in the party.
He married his wife last year and said he’d made clear to Mackay that he was straight and in a long-term relationship. Shaun said he mostly ignored the messages, which were often sent at night.
In January 2017, Mackay messaged: “Are these conversations just between us?” Shaun assured him: “Yeah, of course.”
Mackay replied: “Good, would you like to come stay with me sometime?” He added: “I could treat you to some drinks.” After receiving no reply, Mackay said: “Maybe not.”
In September that year, Mackay sent a message asking: “Got any naughty pics?”
The last message Mackay sent him was on Sunday.
The Record has tried to contact Mackay at his Renfrewshire home but there was no response.
