A Dunfermline man pulled down his trousers and exposed himself to two women and a 12-year-old girl.
Kenneth Grindlay had caused the same two women to run way as he followed them in the city’s Dalcross Way just a few weeks before.
The 38-year-old appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court for sentencing having previously pled guilty to a charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner, likely to cause fear or alarm.
He also admitted approaching a vehicle and pulling down his trousers and exposing his genitals to its occupants in Dalcross Way between October 1 and November 16 last year.
Followed and flashed
Fiscal depute Azrah Yousaf said the two women were walking at around 8pm on a date in October last year when they saw Grindlay on the other side of the road, walking in their direction.
He started shouting and gesticulating at them.
Ms Yousaf said: “They continued to walk away from the accused.
“He was following them and they became alarmed and started to run away.
“They lost sight of him and did not contact police”.
On November 16, the two women and one of their daughters, then aged 12, were in a car, which stopped at a junction and they saw Grindlay again.
The fiscal depute said: “She (the driver) continued and parked the car and got out and became aware of the accused approaching the vehicle and at that point, became alarmed.
“He did appear to be holding a bottle of wine in his hand and at one point the complainer thought he was going to expose himself and ordered her 12-year-old daughter to look away.
“He did expose himself and the ladies drove off”.
No recollection
Police were contacted and Grindlay, of Dunfermline’s Mackie Place, was detained two days later and charged.
Ms Yousaf said the Crown accepts there was no significant sexual element to the offending.
Defence lawyer Aime Allan said her client was under the influence at the time and has “limited recollection” of what happened.
He has difficulties with substance misuse but is trying to address it, she said.
Sheriff Andrew Berry deferred sentence for six months for Grindlay to be of good behaviour.
The sheriff told him: “You need to address the issues causing difficulties because it’s causing difficulty not just for you but the general public”.
Sheriff Berry also called for a supplementary report from social work to give an indication of his progress on dealing with drug and alcohol issues.
Grindlay will return to court on November 22.
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