Convicted sex offender lived yards from children's nursery and primary school

And she claimed the man in question even admitted his criminal past during a confrontation with her last week.

Now the women, who wishes to remain anonymous, has questioned why the offender was housed in what she describes as a "close-knit" community.

She told The Reporter: "I spoke to the council to tell them about this man and they said they don't know who they are housing; that's rubbish.

"I basically went up to him and asked him if the rumours were true.

"He told my his lawyer was c*** and he only had a few moments to make a plea.

"But I told him to his face- you're got 24 hours to get to f***.

"Brucehill is a close-knit community and we will not tolerate these people living here."

She added: "They have housed him near a children's nursery and near St Michael's Primary School. Who in their right mind would put a convicted sex offender here?"

A police spokesperson did confirm they attended a local property following reports of a disturbance but that "no criminality" was established.

The spokesperson continued: "Police officers were called to reports of an incident on Monday, July 17 at 4.25pm and established that no criminality had taken place but that advice was given."

The man at the centre of the controversy is understood to have been convicted in 2015 after pleading guilty to creating videos of three youngsters, all under the age of seven, while they were naked in their own home.

The then 59-year-old previously pleaded guilty to recording images of the genitals, buttocks or underwear of the children on January 31 or February 1, 2011.

He also admitted taking or permitting to be taken indecent images or pseudo images of children between March 2006 and February 2014.

And in a separate charge, he pleaded guilty to producing cannabis at his home.

At his sentencing his defence counsel said he was an “isolated individual” who lived alone and had been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome.

He was ordered to carry out 250 hours of unpaid work in nine months and placed under supervision for three years, after a Sheriff told him he had "stepped beyond the boundary" of what is acceptable.

His internet use was also restricted and he was placed on the sex offenders’ register.

Police this week issued guidance in relation to the release of offenders in the community.

Their statement read: "Protecting the public is a top priority for Police Scotland.

"In Scotland, Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA), provides a comprehensive response to a complex issue, using professional assessment and management to properly target resources at those who pose a risk to the public.

"Police Scotland works in partnership with a number of agencies through MAPPA to ensure that all Registered Sex Offenders are robustly managed within the community.

"While we can never eliminate risk entirely, we want to reassure communities that all reasonable steps are being taken to protect them.

"Sex offenders are managed in the community under the Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) which involve the police service, local authorities, the NHS, Scottish Prison Service and other partners.

"The purpose of MAPPA is to pro-actively manage the risk posed by offenders who have come through the judicial and criminal justice system and by virtue of their sentence are required to comply with the notification requirements placed on them by the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

"A number of measures can be put in place to manage offenders in the community and these are monitored by dedicated police officers and partner organisations. Keeping people safe is our main priority in all cases."

A spokesperson for West Dunbartonshire Council issued this statement which only read: “West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership will not comment on individual tenants and their housing applications, we can confirm that we operate to the principles established by the National Accommodation Strategy for Sex Offenders.

"As is the case with all such offenders, supervision will be undertaken in partnership with other agencies with public safety being the main priority at all times."