A woman tried to get a man to pleasure her at knifepoint as he walked through a Burntisland underpass, a court has heard.
Emma McIntyre asked the man if he wanted to “go down on her” and, when he declined, she pulled out a large blade and told him to “come here”.
Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court heard that two months earlier, McIntyre walked into a café in the town wearing nothing but a pair of socks and told shocked customers she was “looking to book an orgy”.
Days before this in a different restaurant, she engaged in a solo sex act in front of a man and child.
The court heard that on another occasion McIntyre repeatedly sexually assaulted a woman by grabbing her breasts over her clothing.
The 54-year-old appeared in court from custody for sentencing, having previously pled guilty to eight separate offences.
These also included intentionally exposing her genitals on three other occasions and an offence of public indecency by removing her clothing and exposing her breasts in a restaurant.
‘Most serious’ offence described
Sheriff Robert More pointed out her behaviour culminated in the “most serious” charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner by making a sexual remark and brandishing a knife towards the man in Burntisland‘s Somerville Square in May last year.
Procurator fiscal depute Catherine Stevenson told the court: “The accused approached the witness and asked him if he wanted to go down on her, to which he replied ‘no’.
“The accused produced a large kitchen-style knife and pointed it towards him.
“He began to walk away.
“She told him to ‘come here’.
“He continued to walk away and was frightened”.
Ms Stevenson said a nearby resident offered the man refuge in their house after seeing from their window that he looked “petrified”.
‘Unimaginable’ experiences
Defence lawyer Yvonne McKenna said McIntyre has been remanded since May 4 last year.
The solicitor said her client had very little recollection of events, she had not been prescribed appropriate medication and was self-medicating with Valium but seems to have “stabilised” while in custody.
The lawyer agreed the incident involving the knife was the “most concerning” and there had been a pattern of behaviour leading up to that.
Sheriff More referred to background reports, stating it is clear there is some connection to the nature of McIntyre’s offending and what she had experienced in her life, which he described as “unimaginable”.
He sentenced McIntyre to a community payback order with 18 months supervision as a direct alternative to custody.
The sheriff also placed McIntyre on the Sex Offenders Register for 18 months.
Sheriff More said McIntyre had, in effect, already served the punitive aspect of her sentence while on remand.
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