A SCHOOL worker abducted a six-year-old girl, stripped her, and took a naked photograph of her, a court heard.

James Moran, 32, silently led the child to a store cupboard at her school as she made her way back from the toilet.

When she refused his demand to removed her clothes, he took hold of her and stripped her naked - apart from her socks and shoes.

The child grabbed her clothes back from Moran as he used both hands to take a picture of her with his mobile phone.

Sick Moran fled and the child returned to her class where she told her teacher of her ordeal and later pointed out her attacker in the school saying: “It was him.”

Moran, of Dalmarnock, Glasgow, pleaded guilty to abducting the schoolgirl on May 2, this year at a primary school in the city.

He also admitted sexually assaulting her by causing her to participate in sexual activity, forcing her to remove her clothes and underwear and taking a naked picture of her.

Glasgow Sheriff Court heard Moran was employed by Cordia to carry out work in the school and had been working for four or five years.

Staff said the role was “limited to school crossings, moving furniture and litter picking” and he had no direct interaction with children.

He was described as a “loner” who had “limited communication skills”.

Sheriff Alan MacKenzie deferred until later this month for reports.

Moran, represented by Bill McCluskey, was remanded in custody.