Claims that 13-year-old schoolgirl sold sex to three older boys in exchange for a cigarette

Police are probing claims that a girl of 13 had sex with three older boys - in exchange for one cigarette. It is alleged that the shocking encounter was filmed on a phone and detectives are studying video images. Yesterday, the schoolgirl's mum confirmed: "There is video footage which is being looked at by the CID. We don't want to say anything else at the moment. We are trying to get on with our lives."

The girl and the three boys involved in the investigation are all pupils at Craigie High School in Dundee. A source close to the case said: "The claims are very disturbing and the school is in a state of shock. "The allegations are that the boys, who are all older, took the girl to a flat near the school. She is then meant to have been offered a single cigarette in exchange for extreme sexual activity. The school became aware when it started to get talked about in the playground. The girl is distraught."



Craigie High, which has 788 pupils, is in Dundee's Mid Craigie area. Many kids who study there come from the Douglas and Angus estates. Pupils at the school have been told not to discuss the investigation online after the girl's name became one of the top 10 "trending topics" - favourite subjects for postings - on Twitter in the Tayside area. Scores of references to the incident were also posted on Facebook. Many were insulting to the girl.

Dundee councillor George Regan said: "It appears her friends have put it on Facebook and everyone at the school has seen it. It's disturbing." Police said the girl, who lives with her family in a suburb of Dundee, and the three boys are all being interviewed. A spokeswoman for the Tayside force said: "We are making inquiries into an incident involving a number of young people at an address in Dundee on January 12. Inquiries are at an early stage and officers are in the process of interviewing those believed to have been involved. It would be wrong to comment further."