A sex offender who plied a 16-year-old with alcohol before assaulting her in Dunfermline had two “highly transmissible sexually transmitted diseases” during the attacks.
Lewis Dodo has been locked up for almost three years after the sheriff said his infectious status was a “serious aggravating factor” in his assaults.
Dodo was brought from HMP Perth to Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court to be sentenced after he pled guilty last month to sexually assaulting the teenager.
He admitted picking up his already intoxicated victim on May 6 this year and trying to give her more alcohol in his car and at the place he took her to abuse her.
The girl cannot be named for legal reasons and the nature of the diseases were not made public.
Sheriff outlines aggravations
The court heard Dodo, 46, was jailed for a year in 2004 for another sex crime.
Sheriff James Williamson jailed him for 32 months on Monday and placed him on the Sex Offenders Register for a decade
He said: “Mr Dodo, as serious as this charge is, there are a number of very serious aggravating factors.
“Firstly, the complainer was 16, she was under the influence of alcohol and you knew that.
“When you picked her up on your car, you tried to ply her with more.
“While home, you continued to ply her with more.
“You did sexually assault her.
“There are significant other aggravating factors.”
One, he said, was that Dodo had “two highly transmissible sexually transmitted diseases.”
The other was that the car was used in the commission of the offence.
He said: “You, in fact, were using the car as a means to an end – that end being picking up this person.”
Sheriff Williamson also banned Dodo from driving for 28 months and ordered his car – bought for £1,500 – to be forfeited.
No offending for 18 years
Dodo admitted repeatedly touching his victim on the body over her clothing before repeatedly placing his hands into her lower clothing.
He touched her private parts and breasts and kissed her neck before further sexually assaulting her.
Dodo also admitted driving with excess alcohol (41 mics/22) the following day.
Defending, solicitor David Bell said: “The offence is a serious one as it is.
“He told me the previous conviction did involve a single complainer.
“He came to the UK in 1999 from Zimbabwe.
“He has not offended for a period of 18 years.
“He’s been working largely and living relatively quietly.
“He accepts that he has done wrong here.
“He currently does not have his own accommodation.
“He was in a scatter flat. That’s no longer available to him.”
