A drunken woman grabbed a police officer’s genitals as he tried to arrest her for threatening him with a metal pole.
The constable took the opportunity to slap on the handcuffs as Suzanne Armit hung onto his testicles.
The move resulted in the 28-year-old releasing her grip as she tried to escape.
Armit’s partner Andrew Irvine, also 28, attempted to stop police arresting her and was also taken into custody.
No warning of pole attack
Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard the officers had been called to reports of a disturbance at the woman’s address in Rosyth at around 9.40pm.
Fiscal depute Duncan MacKenzie said: “On arrival, screams could be heard coming from the darkness of the driveway.
“Constables could see a female wearing a black dress and trousers in the driveway, crouched beside a vehicle. This was the accused.
“Both constables approached her and immediately she withdrew a metal pole from the car and brandished it.
“She gave no warning of intention before doing so.”
Armit held the pole above her head and twice attempted to bring it down on the head of one police officer but was blocked by the other, using his forearm.
They managed to pull the pole to waist height but Armit began using it in a “spear-like” movement.
Pulled and squeezed scrotum
They managed to restrain her on the bonnet of the car but she assaulted the officer who had blocked the pole from hitting his colleague.
Mr MacKenzie said: “The constable continued to try to put handcuffs on the accused.
“However she began to bite and scratch his arms.
“She then reached between his legs and grabbed his scrotum and began pulling and squeezing it to inflict injury.
“He managed to place handcuffs on her, at which point she released her grasp and frantically tried to escape from them.”
He said Irvine, 28, had become involved and behaved in a threatening way towards the officers, requiring back-up to be called.
‘At a loss’ to explain drunkenness
Solicitor Elaine Buist, acting for Armit, said the pair had been out for a meal in Edinburgh and Armit had consumed Prosecco.
She said: “Miss Armit is at a complete loss to explain how she was so intoxicated.
“She works as a bar manager in a hotel and is fully aware of the effects of alcohol intoxication, which makes this harder to understand.
“She’s deeply embarrassed by this incident and it appears to be something of a one-off.”
Zander Flett, acting for Irvine, said his client had not witnessed Armit attacking the police officers before he got involved.
He said: “He accepts he did try and intervene with police arresting Miss Armit.
“He accepts he should not have done so.
“Because the incident is so out of character for her, he was surprised that she was being arrested.”
Unpaid work imposed
Armit, of Holborn Place, Rosyth, admitted assaulting two police officers on July 25, last year.
She further admitted being in possession of an offensive weapon.
Irvine, of the same address, admitting obstructing police officers to prevent them arresting Armit and to acting in a threatening and abusive manner towards them.
Sheriff Francis Gill ordered Armit to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work, and imposed 80 hours on Irvine.
