Commuter accused of sex act on train walks free from court after telling court he was strumming an 'imaginary banjo'
A commuter accused of indecency on a train has walked free after telling a court he was strumming an imaginary banjo.
Before Melvyn Webb was acquitted, the judge in his trial had informed the jury that men do sometimes innocently ‘fiddle with themselves in public’.
The case arose after a woman complained of seeing a newspaper moving on his lap as he breathed heavily.
Mr Webb, 54, denied a single charge of outraging public decency on the 7.08am Basingstoke to Reading train, saying he was merely adjusting his underwear.
After his arrest, the health and safety adviser told police: ‘For my sins I play the banjo, so sometimes I do, with my hands, pick out a pattern on my knees.’

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HRHMedia says
Guru? What's you're angle bitching about everyone you don't agree with, and flaming them?
Look I'm sorry I poo Poo'd your Romney Photo Shop hack, you so proudly posted like it was some accomplishment. I really am, but it sucked.
I could have done better using Gimp. I've been doing so much with so little for so long, I'm damn near qualified to do anything with nothing at all.
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WHAT DO YOU MEAN "you" PEOPLE!
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No "YOU" shut up...
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And that's all you do all day? People pay you for this shit?
What happened you were been befriended on Facebook, why are you here? We all talk about you in the "Secret" Patrick room.
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You don't PLAY the banjo do you?
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Deliverance?
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Maybe it was this guy:
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That's illegal?
Its like they invented the government with the sole purpose of taking everything that people enjoy doing for fun, and made a crime of it.
You wanna bet on the game? No soup for you!
Would you like to buy a quickie with a mistress to escape the monotony of your nagging wife? No soup for you
How bout smoke some grass, that'll make you feel good? No SOUP!
Well then, at least you can diddle your fiddle to pass time on the ride home from work,,,,? Not the fuck anymore, you can't
Land of the free my ass, this is the biggest open air prison the miserable busy bodies could dream up. Congrats, you've made it! More cowbell please, whatever the heck that means
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leoj707 says
"Private Property, keep moving"
The guy was on a public sidewalk, I love it when people exert power they don't have.
There was a Movie filmed in a house on my street few years back. They were filming a scene on the road in my front yard, and one of the producers was telling me, if I stand way back up in the yard, "He'll" let me hang out and watch.
That did not go over so well. He could have asked. That night I had a jam session, and they sent an intern down to knock on my door and tell me the sound man was picking us up on the mic, and asked could we keep it down.
I was like "Hey do I bother Owen Wilson at home when he's making art?"