FIFE MAN SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR SLEEPING SEX ASSAULT
A man named Dale Everard, aged 22, was sentenced to 18 months in jail after he sexually assaulted a sleeping man in Dunfermline, Fife.According to reports, Everard admitted to performing a sex act on the victim while he was under the influence of alcohol and asleep in his bed at a house.
The incident occurred after Everard had been invited to the victim's home, which happened after he befriended the man’s girlfriend at a nightclub in the town on May 10 of the previous year.
The victim had returned to his house, believing his girlfriend was in bed, but in reality, she was asleep on the sofa.
Instead, Everard had secretly entered the victim’s room.
Sheriff Craig McSherry described the offence as "a serious offence carried out with considerable forethought." The article also details that Everard was from Rosyth, Fife, and the incident was considered a sleeping sex assault.
The court's decision underscores the gravity of such an offence and emphasizes that it was premeditated.
The original article was published on December 15, 2015, in the Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland).
