Rhubarb sex attacker jailed

A DRUNKEN gardener who carried out a sexual assault on a barmaid with a stick of rhubarb has been jailed for six years.

At an earlier trial, the jury heard that Eric Anderson, 48, and the 52-year-old woman had had a drink together. As Anderson walked her home, on May 25 last year, he took her wrist and pulled her into his flat on Cables Wynd.

He locked the door, switched off the light and assaulted her.

Anderson admitted: "I was a wee bit rough with her.

"I should not have used the rhubarb on her because she was complaining about it."

Anderson’s name was added to the sex offenders’ register.