A Kirkcaldy man left maggots in a woman’s jacket pocket after following her to work.
Alan Frew, of Findhorn Place, repeatedly followed the woman to her place of work at the town’s Victoria Hospital.
He uttered offensive and sexual remarks towards her and entered the woman’s car, where he left torn-up photos scattered inside.
Depute fiscal Katrine Craig said: “Following her shift, he was waiting for her. He called her a w***e and a s**t. She would return to her car to find cut-up photos.
“She found several cigarette burns on her sleeves and her pockets filled with maggots.”
At Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court on Friday, Sheriff Max Hendry said: “This case is not only bizarre but, in particular from the lady’s point of view, alarming and may have caused her considerable distress.”
Frew, 56, admitted that on a number of occasions between July 1 2012 and September 21 2013 at Victoria Hospital, and elsewhere in Kirkcaldy, he engaged in a course of conduct which caused a woman fear and alarm.
He pleaded guilty to repeatedly following her to her work, and admitted entering her car without her consent and leaving damaged photos, and placingmaggots in her clothing.
Sheriff Hendry sentenced Frew to a two-year community payback order that includes supervision and ordered Frew not to approach or contact the victim for one year.