'Oompa Loompa' dwarf who harassed teen girls and paid for explicit images is jailed

Published: 13:42 EDT, 8 October 2026 | Updated: 13:49 EDT, 8 October 2026 A Dwarf who dressed as an Oompa Loompa for hen and stag parties has been jailed after harassing teenage girls and paying them for sexual images.Marc Corrieri groomed his victims after making contact through social media apps.The 4ft 2in pervert sent sexual messages and asked for indecent pictures and videos of them having sex with their boyfriends. Corrieri, of Motherwell, paid one girl £150 and another £40 to send him images of themselves in states of undress.He appeared from custody at Hamilton Sheriff Court and admitted ten sexual offence charges involving six victims aged between 13 and 17. The 34-year-old carried out the offences at his home between April 2019 and June 2025.Sheriff Kevin McCallum, KC, said there was no alternative to jail and ordered he be supervised for two years on his release.Corrieri was placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely and banned from ever contacting any of his victims again.Depute fiscal Neil Thomson said Corrieri told his victims he had a fetish for tights and stockings.One girl was aged 14 when she was contacted by the sex offender.Mr Thomson added: 'He sent requests to send images wearing tights and offered to pay for videos of her having sex with her boyfriend. A Dwarf who dressed as an Oompa Loompa for hen and stag parties has been jailed after harassing teenage girls and paying them for sexual images Marc Corrieri groomed his victims after making contact through social media apps. The 4ft 2in pervert sent sexual messages and asked for indecent pictures and videos of them having sex with their boyfriends'She felt threatened and asked him to stop but he continued until she blocked him.'The prosecutor told how another 14-year-old victim was contacted before he sent her £150 on PayPal.Diarmid Bruce, defending, said: 'He has never had a sexual relationship with anyone, is very isolated and perceived children as easier to talk to.'Sheriff McCallum told Corrieri: 'A significant custodial sentence is appropriate.'Corrieri previously worked for an events firm and dressed as a £150-an-hour Oompa Loompa from Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.However, he quit after he was previously caught pestering schoolgirls for sex.He was ordered to perform 240 hours of unpaid work and put on the sex offenders register for three years in 2014.