FIFE MAN CONVICTED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND PUT ON SEX OFFENDERS REGISTER
The victim of sexual assault at a Fife party has told a court how the trauma made him suicidal.Lewis Crosby’s victim told a trial he twice woke to being assaulted.
Giving evidence at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court, the 23-year-old man said the impact has been “massive”.
“I started relying quite heavily on drugs and alcohol.
“I also tried to take my own life at one point.
“I went missing and was collected by police and told a police officer at the time what happened and she encouraged me to report it.
“There was a massive, massive physical and mental impact on my life from that point.
“For almost a year I would sleep with my clothes on and did not feel I could trust sleeping in an empty room without clothes on.
“I became quite agitated and over time quite bitter and extremely suicidal.
I had to seek medical support”.
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Lewis Crosby was found guilty of two sexual assault charges.
He was sentenced and will be on the sex offenders register.
His sentencing was adjourned until October 2 for background reports, and his bail was continued meantime.
