Serial muscle fondler accused of bicep grope - Update

A convicted criminal known as 'Purple Aki' has denied breaching a sexual offences order which bans him from touching other people's muscles.

A man has told a jury he was grabbed in Preston, Lancashire, by a man he thought was a well-known "bogeyman".

The events took place on May 24 this year when the man, known only as Jonathan, was shopping with a friend in Preston city centre.



Akinwale Arobieke, 46, of Cavendish Gardens, Liverpool, denies two charges of breaching an interim Sexual Offences Prevention Order imposed in October 2006, which bans him from "touching, feeling or measuring any muscle areas".

Giving evidence from behind a screen, Jonathan told the jury at Preston Crown Court that as he and his friend crossed Fishergate outside Topshop the man grabbed him by his right bicep.

He said the man asked him which gym he went to and said that must be where he recognised him from. He said: "He had hold of my right bicep throughout."

The case continues.