A Lochgelly man attacked a teenage girl after inviting her to look at his “boaby”.
Drunken Casey Japp made the remark while he was walking home from his grandfather’s funeral with his girlfriend.
The comment – which Japp insists was a joke – did not go down well with the teenager, who challenged him about it.
The 31-year-old flew into a rage and slammed the girl against a wall.
And when police officers arrived to arrest him, he bit one of them on the arm.
Japp, who replied “jobbie” when charged by police, was jailed for more than nine months.
Accused became irate
Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard that the girl and her friend had been walking along the town’s Bank Street when they came across Japp and his girlfriend.
Fiscal depute Sean Maher told the court: “The witnesses in this matter are 16 and 17 years old and Mr Japp is unknown to either.
“They were walking down an alley towards Bank Street, Lochgelly, and noticed Mr Japp in the company of a female.
“The complainer asked Mr Japp if he had a cigarette and he said: ‘Do you want to see my boaby?’.
“She took this to be a reference to his penis.
“He was challenged at this and became irate and pushed her against a wall.
“Police were called and attended and he became more irate.”
Just ‘Jobbie’
Mr Maher said Japp struggled with the officers in a bid to break free.
During the struggle he bit a police officer on the arm, leaving her with a large bruise.
He was taken to Dunfermline Police Station and when charged he made no reply to the charges of assaulting the girl or resisting arrest.
However, when charged with assaulting the officer he replied: “Jobbie”.
Japp, of Main Street, Lochgelly, admitted assaulting the teen girl on Bank Street on July 16 last year.
He further admitted resisting arrest and assaulting a female officer to her injury by biting her.
He also admitted behaving in a threatening and abusive manner in a separate incident on the town’s Frances Street on November 17 2020.
A not guilty plea to a charge of communicating indecently was accepted by the Crown.
A ‘jokey comment’
Solicitor Chris Sneddon, defending, said Japp had considered the original comment to be a joke.
He said: “He had been at his grandfather’s funeral – he was close to him.
“He had been drinking and was intoxicated. He was with his girlfriend.
“He made what he considered to be a jokey comment and when challenged he overreacted.
“He reacted very badly to the arrival of the police.
“On sober reflection he realises his behaviour was entirely unacceptable.
“He wouldn’t have acted in that way had he been sober.”
Sheriff Alison Michie told him due to his previous record for violence there was no alternative to a custodial sentence.
She jailed him for four months in relation to the assault on the police officer.
She added a further 12 weeks to the sentence in relation to the assault on the girl and for resisting arrest.
In relation to the charge of threatening and abusive behaviour she added a further nine weeks to the sentence.
