SERIAL SEX PEST PREYED ON YOUNG WOMAN AT BUS STATION
A sex offender, who previously avoided punishment for targeting women in frightening incidents, has struck again.
Creep Steven Boyd has left a victims terrified with his disturbing behaviour but in October he was admonished after admitting a string of offending in Dunfermline.
Then last month 42-year-old Boyd, currently on the sex offenders register for five years, left a 16-year-old in tears and shaking with fear.
She was waiting for a bus home at 9.30pm when Boyd sat down next to her, asking about her age and whether she was single, Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard.
Boyd, of Westwood Place, Dunfermline, admitted that on 6th December at Dunfermline bus station, Queen Anne Street, he caused a fear or alarm to a girl then aged 16 years by sitting in close proximity to her, turning his body towards her and making inappropriate remarks to her.
The crime had a significant sexual element.
Depute fiscal Catherine Stevenson said the victim had travelled by bus from Edinburgh to Dunfermline.
At 9.30pm she was waiting for her next bus when Boyd, a complete stranger, sat down next to her.
He told her his name and put his hand out towards the girl but she did not shake it.
He continued to talk asking for her name and age. She told him she was 16 and he said he was 42.
Boyd then told her, “You’re quite big for 16” and commented on how she was dressed.
He asked if she was single and whether she would go out with him.
“Probably not,” she said and when Boyd asked the reason, she told him it was because she was just 16.
Boyd turned around so that his legs were facing the victim and she was feeling so uncomfortable that she got up and walked away.
A bus station worker had been watching CCTV and approached the young woman asking if she was okay. She was very upset and began crying.
The girl continued on her journey home but said she was “shaking and feeling physically sick” on the bus, added the depute.
Police were called and Boyd told officers that he did know she was just 16.
Boyd was arrested and told police, “I was trying to get myself a girlfriend.”
Sheriff Krista Johnston deferred sentencing until 11th February for reports.
In October, Boyd was admonished for a series of similar offences, where he repeatedly targeted young women at their work and on a bus.
On three separate occasions in 2024, he harassed his victims and in one case committed a sexual assault.
He admitted that on 30th June at River Island, Kingsgate shopping centre, he approached a female shop worker, blew kisses at her, asked if she was in a relationship, made inappropriate comments to her and stood staring at her.
On 24th August at another store in the Kingsgate, he sexually assaulted a young woman by taking hold of her hand and kissing it.
On 22nd October, during a bus journey between Halbeath Road and Dunfermline bus station he approached a female, sat next to her when there were multiple other seats available, asked her personal questions, asked if she had a boyfriend and later attended at her place of work, Primark, causing her fear and alarm.
The court was told that Boyd has learning difficulties and is under the care of Fife Council for 56 hours each week.
In October, Sheriff Mark O’Hanlon noted that there had been no further offending and admonished Boyd. He was put him on the sex offenders register for five years.
