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Thread #143721 Message #3318693
Posted By: eddie1
07-Mar-12 - 11:25 AM
Thread Name: Playing the pretend banjo/Banjo Secrets exposed
Subject: Banjo Secrets exposed
Believe him if you like
From Reading (UK) Post:-
Imaginary banjo player cleared of public indecency
March 07, 2012
A commuter accused of performing an indecent act while on a train has been cleared after explaining he was strumming an imaginary banjo.
Melvyn Webb, 54, was arrested following a complaint from a woman passenger sitting next to him on a 7.08am Basingstoke to Reading train last August.
Mr Webb, of Basingstoke, denied a charge of outraging public decency and told a jury at Reading Crown Court he was miming playing a banjo and tapping his fingers on his knees.
He also said he had been adjusting his underwear and blamed his heavy breathing on a respiratory tract infection he was suffering at the time.
Believe him if you like!
The jury of eight women and four men cleared Mr Webb by a majority verdict on Monday.
I reckon he bribed the jury!
Eddie