A sheriff has been told how a plain clothes officer was dragged through Dunfermline town centre as he clung on to a car.
PC Raymond McAloon wanted to speak to a woman who had just got into the vehicle when the driver put his foot down and sped off.
PC McAloon was half in and half out of the car and repeatedly told the driver, Dean Forbes, that he was a policeman.
Forbes, from Edinburgh, slowed down at one point, but sped up again.
PC McAloon was eventually forced to let go when he noticed the Fiat was being driven towards a parked car.
Forbes (26), of Wester Drylaw Drive, pled guilty to assaulting PC McAloon on East Port on September 21, when he appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court on Tuesday.
He admitted driving while PC McAloon was partially in the car, as a result of which the officer had to jump from the moving vehicle to his injury and danger of his life.
Depute fiscal Louise Ward told Sheriff Ian Dunbar there was CCTV footage of the incident, although it was not shown to the court on Tuesday.
Sheriff Dunbar will see it when the case calls next month.
Miss Ward said PC Ian Syme and PC McAloon were on plain clothes duty in Dunfermline on the day in question.CCTV camerasThey were in the CCTV suite at Marks & Spencer on the High Street and began watching a woman in the store.
They followed her outside and watched as she got into a silver Fiat which was parked on New Row at the top of the High Street.
She got into the passenger seat and slammed the door, and the accused was sitting in the driver’s seat.
PC McAloon approached the driver’s side, leaned in the window and told the occupants he was a police officer the accused began driving off towards East Port with PC McAloon still partially inside the vehicle.
He reached over towards the female passenger and Miss Ward said the officer’s upper body was within the car at that point. There were children in the rear of the car.
Miss Ward said, “His feet were dragging along the road.
“He continued to tell the accused he was a police officer.”
She added, “The accused began to slow the car, however the vehicle then picked up speed.”Dragged along roadPC McAloon was holding on to the door and was being dragged along the road.
Miss Ward said, “The police officer saw the car was being driven towards another, stationary, vehicle.
“He then let go to prevent himself colliding with the other car.”
The car was last seen heading towards the Abbeyview area and was found empty and locked.
Forbes was eventually detained and was cautioned and charged, but made no reply.
He did tell officers that he saw two people running towards his car and he panicked and drove off.
PC McAloon was left with bruising to his right arm, his right leg and his right hip, but did not have to go to hospital.
Solicitor Ann-Marie Partridge said as reports would be required, she would save her plea in mitigation until they were ready.
Sheriff Dunbar called for a full package of reports and deferred sentence on Forbes until June.