HEN PARTY DARE LEADS TO MUM'S JAIL TIME AND SEX OFFENDERS REGISTER
A mother who was placed on the sex offenders register after a hen party dare went wrong has admitted she "went too far".Angela Cumming, aged 60, thrust her hand into the boxer shorts of a 22-year-old stranger after being dared to "put an ice cube down the front of the nearest man’s trousers".
The mother of four, who works as a carer, has told social workers that she is "mortified" by her behaviour and "accepts she went too far".
During a trial at Aberdeen Sheriff Court last month, the victim described how he was "shocked, shaken and violated" at the city’s College Bar.
Sheriff Margaret Hodge found Cumming guilty of sexual assault, ruling that although her actions were not for sexual gratification, they were still sexual.
CCTV footage played in court showed Cumming leaving her table of sash-wearing women and a blow-up doll, acting as described.
"One of my friends pulled her off me as I lay on the floor," the victim stated.
"I felt shaken, shocked, quite disturbed and violated." The victim approached Cumming afterward for an apology, but she refused and responded, “I’m not that f****** stupid”.
Another witness described how she thought Cumming was trying to pull his friend’s trousers down.
Cumming denied her hands were near the victim’s genitals, claiming she thought it was banter.
Sheriff Hodge, after examining the dare cards, stated there was no way they could not be considered sexual.
She delivered her guilty verdict and said, "She has basically manhandled him.
She was determined to get her hands into his underwear or trousers and I don’t think she cared how".
At sentencing, her solicitor stated that she was "mortified" and acknowledged she had gone too far.
Cumming, of Station Road in Newmachar, was placed on supervised probation and added to the sex offenders register for six months.
The sheriff told her a period of supervision would support her reform, though he emphasized her actions were foolish and unacceptable.
