Senior judge 'exposed himself' on train
By Natalie Paris and agencies
Last Updated: 1:49pm BST 11/06/2007
A 'kind-looking' senior judge allegedly exposed himself to a woman on a train, a court has heard.
A female witness told London's City of Westminster Magistrates' Court today that Lord Justice Richards flashed at her while she journeyed between Wimbledon and Waterloo during rush hour.
Sir Stephen Richards, a 56-year-old who sits in the Court of Appeal, denies the claims and has pleaded not guilty to two counts of exposure.
The woman recalled her "shock and embarrassment" at being flashed at on the crowded train on October 16.
She noticed that a well-dressed, grey-haired man, aged between 55 to 60 years, was exposing himself to her when she glanced down at the bottom of her newspaper.
She told the court: "Because I was embarrassed and nothing like this had happened to me before, I assumed this was an accident.
"I did not want to draw attention to the situation, to me or to the gentleman, so I carried on reading my paper."
She said the man would sometimes adjust himself slightly, exposing himself to varying amounts.
She described him as presentable and kind-looking, "which is why initially I thought this was an accident".
She later identified the man by video as father-of-three, Sir Stephen.
It is alleged that he exposed himself to a woman on two separate occasions on a train between October 16 and October 24.
Sir Stephen, from Wimbledon, south-west London, is charged with two counts of "intentionally exposing his genitals intending that someone would see them and would be caused alarm or distressed".
UPDATE: I suspect that the case will not be proved by the prosecution. I quite like the witnesses statement where she said she kept looking down at him just to make sure that she was not mistaken.
UPDATED update: As I was saying. I told you so...
8 comments:
What was going on in his mind?
If he indeed is guilty as charged, I suspect he wanted to show how small and wrinkled it had become in old age...
That's the last time I use THAT disguise.....
Ron: You mean as a judge or as a cock?
jailhouselawyer said...
If he indeed is guilty as charged, I suspect he wanted to show how small and wrinkled it had become in old age...
5:21 PM
Zippo says
But 56 is not "old age".
And where did she get the video of this from?
Sue: I would hardly call it middle aged. I don't know anything about a video. Unless the train had CCTV or she captured it on a mobile phone with a video facility.
You are wrong Jailhouse..56 is NOT old age.
And why is the man named and labled as a Judge when the womam is just called a Woman?
Perhaps she was taking mucky pictures of innocent men on the train whose Zips had come Un Zipped (it Happens)
I don't think the woman had taken a photograph of him 'exposing' himself, just that after the alleged event she had taken a photo of him on the station platform heading away from the train. So no opportunity for the defense or prosecution to take comparison shots.
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