Partygoer cleared of sexual assault after man boobs were grabbed

A man accused of sexual assaulting a woman has been cleared of the charges after the court heard she'd touched his man boobs first.

Steven Dickson attended a party in July 2019 and was accused of grabbing a woman's breast, reports the Daily Record.

The partygoer was being wound up by one of his friends, who told the woman – who cannot be named for legal reasons – about Dickson: "Double Ds, give them a squeeze.”

The court then heard she had reached out to "tweak" his nipple, which led to Dickson, 26, responding by touching the woman's breast.

Dickson was then reported to the police for sexual assault.

He was cleared yesterday by a sheriff who branded the incident “a drunken ­escapade”.

The 25-year-old woman told the trial she entered the kitchen of the property in Barrhead, Renfrewshire, and heard Dickson chatting to his friend Cal Baxter, 29,

She said the conversation at the party in July 2019 turned to “moobs” and “boobs”.

The woman added: “I think Cal touched him and they were having a laugh about it.

“Cal said to me, ‘Why don’t you touch Steven?’

“I was so uncomfortable. He joked and egged me on.”

She claimed she touched him with the back of her hand while holding two glasses due to “peer ­pressure”.

Dickson then “groped” her chest for about three seconds, she said, at which point she “felt disgusted” and left the room to find her boyfriend.

She said they decided to stay at the bash as they had not seen other guests for a while.

The woman ­disagreed with defence solicitor Eamonn McGeehan that she had “tweaked Steven’s nipple” and he had done the same in response.

Baxter told Paisley Sheriff Court he had first gone behind his friend and said “double Ds, give them a squeeze” before groping his friend’s chest.

He said: “Then [the girl] touched Steven on the chest and Steven touched [her] on the chest.

“There was no malice – he lifted his hand and squeezed the boob.

“[She] had touched Steven the exact same way.”

The court also heard the woman had been ­questioned by officers for allegedly referring to Dickson on WhatsApp as a paedophile – and that she had reported the alleged sex attack in the wake of his allegations against her.

While giving evidence, the woman refused to answer questions about her alleged unfounded claims about Dickson.

Sheriff James Spy found Dickson not guilty of the sex assault charge and gave a not proven verdict on a second charge of ­threatening to kill the girl’s boyfriend and slit his throat.

Sheriff Spy said: “This was simply a drunken ­escapade and there’s no sexual element."

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