A hot tub repair man, who worked at the homes of two Fife women with his private parts exposed, has avoided a jail sentence, or having his name added to the sex offenders register.
Ivan Kotkov turned up at a female customer’s front door with his private parts sticking out of his trousers and remained in that state as he carried out work at her house.
Kotkov then went to the home of another woman where he again walked around the house with himself exposed.
He was sentenced to a community payback order with 300 hours of unpaid work when he appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court yesterday.
Kotkov had been employed by a Welsh firm and travelled up to carry out repairs to hot tubs at homes in Dunfermline and Cowdenbeath on the same day.
The 42 year-old, of Marine Parade, Barmouth, was previously convicted of intentionally exposing his genitals in a sexual manner to a woman and exposing his private parts through his open trouser zip at a house in Dunfermline on August 28.
He was also found guilty of committing the same offence at a home in Cowdenbeath on the same day.
Kotkov claimed the zip on his trousers was broken but he had not realised this when he turned up at the first house.
He said he was not wearing underwear and it was only when he went to use the toilet that he noticed and he had then tried to fix it with a pair of pliers.
During his trial at Dunfermline, Kotkov’s solicitor Elaine Buist asked him: “Were you aware at the time somebody would be able to see something?”
Speaking through a translator, Bulgarian national Kotkov replied: “I wouldn’t expect anyone to notice a problem.”
Depute fiscal Dev Kapadia said Kotkov continued to work on the hot tub with his private parts hanging out until the woman’s father-in-law arrived, adding: “She said when you left, your penis was no longer exposed and your zip was up.”
“No,” said Kotkov.
The second woman said Kotkov went to use her toilet and when he emerged, his private parts were hanging out of his trousers.
She took a photograph as evidence.
Sentencing Kotkov, Sheriff Alastair Brown said he had considered imposing a prison term since he “subjected these two ladies to an entirely unwelcome sexual experience”.
However, he imposed a community payback order instead.
No explanation was given in court for why Kotkov was not placed on the sex offenders register.
A hot tub repair man, who worked at the homes of two Fife women with his penis exposed, has avoided a jail sentence, or having his name added to the sex offenders register.
Ivan Kotkov turned up a female customer’s front door with his penis sticking out of his trousers and remained in that state as he carried out work at her house.
Kotkov then went to the home of another woman where he again walked around the house with his penis hanging out.
He was sentenced to a community payback order with 300 hours of unpaid work when he appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court yesterday.
Kotkov had been employed by a Welsh firm and travelled up to carry out repairs to hot tubs at homes in Dunfermline and Cowdenbeath on the same day.
The 42 year-old, of Marine Parade, Barmouth, was previously convicted of a intentionally exposing his genitals in a sexual manner to a woman and exposing his penis through his open trouser zip at a house in Dunfermline on August 28.
He was also found guilty of committing the same offence at a home in Cowdenbeath on the same day.
The women, aged 54 and 33, described his penis as “hanging out” and “popping out” of his trousers as he walked about their homes.
Both were very distressed with one saying she felt “traumatised” afterwards.
Kotkov claimed the zip on his trousers was broken but he had not realised this when he turned up at the first house.
He said he was not wearing underwear and it was only when he went to use the toilet that he noticed and he had then tried to fix it with a pair of pliers.
During his trial at Dunfermline, Kotkov’s solicitor Elaine Buist asked him: “These two ladies were really quite distressed having seen something through your trousers.
“Were you aware at the time somebody would be able to see something.”
Speaking through a translator, Vulgarian national Kotkov replied: “I wouldn’t expect anyone to notice a problem.”
Depute fiscal Dev Kapadia said Kotkov continued to work on the hot tub with his penis hanging out until the woman’s father-in-law arrived, adding: “She said when you left, your penis was no longer exposed and your zip was up.”
“No,” said Kotkov.
The second woman said Kotkov went to use her toilet and when he emerged, his penis was hanging out of his trousers. She took a photograph as evidence.
The women were both alone in their homes and did not confront Kotkov at the time.
The second woman contacted the company once Kotkov had left. The firm then phoned the first customer to asked if there had been any problems there and found out there had been.
The company contacted Kotkov telling him to return to Wales and he went to a meeting with his bosses the next day wearing trousers with a broken zip.
Sentencing Kotkov, Sheriff Alastair Brown said he had considered imposing a prison term since he “subjected these two ladies to an entirely unwelcome sexual experience”.
However, he imposed a community payback order instead.
No explanation was given in court for why Kotkov was not placed on the sex offenders register.
