Former firefighter sentenced for sexually assaulting woman in pub

A disgraced retired firefighter who tried to touch a woman intimately while she sat reading a book in a Broughty Ferry pub has been ordered to pay compensation.

Joseph Buick will be on the sex offenders register for the next five years after being convicted of sexual assault.

The 64-year-old made a string of sexual remarks towards the woman in The Royal Arch on Brook Street but claimed his actions were consensual.

Buick said he gave the woman a playful “horsey bite” on the leg but a sheriff found him guilty of sexually assaulting her on November 9 last year.

He was convicted at Dundee Sheriff Court of directing sexual remarks at her, repeatedly taking hold of her, trying to kiss her, placing his hand on her leg and trying to touch her private parts, all without consent.

The trial heard how the woman had known Buick for years and was left “angry” and in “shock”.

Buick admitted he had been rude to the woman after making jibes about her weight.

The woman spent around 45 minutes in Buick’s company and later told a staff member about his behaviour before leaving.

Buick, of Torridon Road, Broughty Ferry, returned to court for sentencing yesterday.

Sheriff John Rafferty placed him on the register for five years with six months of social work supervision.

He was ordered to carry out 180 hours of unpaid work and must pay his victim £700 in compensation.

Former Broughty Ferry firefighter Joseph Buick.