A 40-year-old man has been convicted of sexually assaulting a girl, then aged 16, on New Year’s Day at a Wetherspoon hotel in Dunfermline.

Giedrius Ambrazevicius, of Southhouse Square, Edinburgh, was found guilty by a jury after a three-day trial at Dunfermline Sheriff Court, where he was accompanied in the dock by a Lithuanian translator.

The victim said she was “terrified” during the attack by Ambrazevicius, who was a complete stranger to her.

The assault took place at the Guildhall and Linen Exchange, High Street, Dunfermline, on January 1, 2022.

Ambrazevicius was convicted of a charge that he sexually assaulted the girl.

He placed his arm around her, repeatedly touched her body and buttocks, touched her private parts over her clothing, placed his hand inside her shorts, attempted to kiss her and touched her sexually with his finger.

He told the trial he was on a family holiday at the time and staying at the hotel. He accepted carrying out a sexual act but claimed it had been consensual.

In her evidence, the victim, now aged 19, said the man had approached her at the entrance area of the hotel, put his arm around her shoulder then pulled her in closer, asking for her room number.

She said she told him to “get off me”.

She said he squeezed her bum then put his hand inside the back of her shorts.

She said she had felt “terrified” and “disgusted” during the ordeal.

Sheriff John MacRitchie called for reports and put Ambrazevicius on the sex offenders register until sentencing on April 4.