A CONVICTED sex offender who walked around a Rosyth supermarket with his penis hanging out of his shorts has been sentenced.

Dean Stevens, from Dunfermline, previously convicted of rape, wandered around the aisles of Tesco in Rosyth exposing himself to shocked staff.

Stevens, 38, of Berrylaw Place, was found guilty of two charges following a trial at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.

He was convicted of intentionally exposing his genitals in a sexual manner to four members of staff with the intention that they would see him by being in the Tesco store, Queensferry Road, Rosyth, with his lower clothing open and his penis exposed on June 28.

He was also found guilty of stealing a packet of condoms from the store.

When Stevens returned to court for sentencing, Sheriff Craig McSherry imposed a community payback order with 36 months’ supervision and a six-month restriction of liberty order. He is already on the sex offenders’ register.

Store worker Andrew Aitken, 23, told the trial he was stacking shelves with colleagues when he spotted Stevens at around 8.15pm.

“I was kneeling down and looked to my left. I saw him standing there with his penis out. He was wearing blue shorts and his penis was resting on his flies which were open as if it had been placed there,” said the witness.

Mr Aitken told his three colleagues and they then also saw Stevens. “At first I thought it was funny but, after thinking about it later, I realised it was more serious,” he added.

Asked if it could have been an accident and that Stevens did not realise it was out, Mr Aitken said: “It can be breezy in there. I’m a guy and I would have known if my penis was out. I can’t speak for him.”

Another worker Alice Brown, 20, said: “There was a guy who had his penis out of his trousers when I was in an aisle tidying the shelves.”

She added: “I was really shocked. Parents bring their kids in there and it’s not something people should see.

“It’s a private thing that shouldn’t be on display in a public place.”

Melissa Laird, 29, duty manager, said she had followed Stevens through the store after the initial incident had been pointed out by Andrew Aitken.

She said that his penis was still exposed when he was at the self-scan check-out some minutes later.

Megan Stewart-Pollock, 21, also saw Stevens exposing himself. “I thought it was horrible,” she commented when asked how she felt about the incident.

Another worker Dino Mancini, 19, said: “The flies on his shorts were undone. His penis was within his trousers but was clearly visible.”

Stevens, who is unemployed, told the court his version of events, claiming he did not realise his penis was exposed until he left the store.

He said he had taken drugs and added: “I was out my head. I was flying. I was as high as a kite.”

He went on: “I was wearing Bermuda shorts. They were hand-me-downs and too large for me.”