A drunk man who groped a police officer after he threatened to burn down his home will be on the sex offenders’ register for five years.
Andrzej Dziadosz, 45, who is Polish, threatened to set fire to his home in Spencer, Northampton, but when officers arrived, they were confronted with him lying on his bed, heavily intoxicated, Northampton Crown Court heard.
He became aggressive to one of the two female officers, then touched her bottom and ran his hand down her leg.
A Northampton-based female officer, who cannot be named, told a jury last month how he sexually assaulted her on October 10 last year.
She said she went into Dziadosz’s room where he was making gestures with his fists.
She returned later when he had calmed down, at which point he sexually assaulted her by groping her backside.
Dziadosz, of Camrose Close, Spencer, Northampton, denied sexual assault but was unanimously convicted after a two-day trial last month.
At Birmingham Crown Court, Judge Hilary Watson handed him a two-year community order, with supervision, 120 hours’ unpaid work and £500 costs.
Mary Loram said: “What this defendant did is probably not what you would think of as the most serious. But that is not the point. She found the defendant lying on the bed. He was not very cooperative, was quite aggressive and very obviously drunk.
“He beckoned her to where he was sat and he put his hand on her bottom, and rubbed her leg up and down. In interview, he said it didn’t happen and he had not touched her in any way at all.”
Giving evidence, the officer said: “He was shouting and raising his fists at me and being aggressive.
“He didn’t say anything to me other than the word ‘No’.
“I could not communicate with him. I told him not to touch me there. He put his hands to his face and started crying.
“It was horrible. As a police officer you get called all sorts of names, but nothing like that has ever happened to me. It made me feel sick.”