Man tried blaming sexual assault on ‘gay twin brother’
A man who sexually touched a 14-year-old schoolboy attempted to blame the assault on his gay twin brother.
Robert Mason, 41, sat behind the 14-year-old on a First Potteries bus travelling from Newcastle-under-Lyme to Meir when he allegedly started to poke the boy around his neck and stroke him underneath his shirt.
The victim’s brother later confronted Mason who claimed he hadn’t done anything and said he had a twin brother who was gay. Mason allegedly said, “I am sick of him doing it. He is always doing it.”
According to the Metro, Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard that Mason doesn’t actually have a brother.
Prosecutor Gerry Bermingham said, “The complainant felt fingers on the back of his head. He re-positioned himself so he could see the man out the corner of his eye.”
“He felt uneasy but tried to forget about it. The bus left the station at about 4pm. The man behind him started to poke his head with his finger gently again. He did so several times.”
“Each time he did this the victim looked at him to say, ‘What are you doing?’ But the man put his head down and looked at the floor. It was almost like he was playing a child’s game.”
Mason, who is ‘ashamed’ of his actions, was sentenced to a three year community order with rehabilitation after admitting to sexual assault.
He will also be placed on the sex offenders’ register for five years.
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