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Fake blind man arrested for groping female employee at Tokyo department store

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A 33-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of molesting a female department store employee while pretending to be visually impaired. 

According to police, the incident occurred on Feb 28. Fuji TV reported that Yosuke Mizokami visited a department store in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward, where he pretended to be blind and asked a 25-year-old female employee at a cosmetics counter for assistance to locate the men’s restroom. However, when they arrived, Mizokami stumbled to the floor and subsequently groped the woman’s breast as he was getting up. He then fled.

Police said a number of female sales clerks have reported similar incidents in department stores in Chuo Ward and Kanagawa Prefecture. Upon checking store surveillance camera footage of the February incident, police said Mizokami can be seen navigating the aisles with no difficulty. Furthermore, he appeared to be checking out his unsuspecting victim before approaching her.

Police said Mizokami, who lives in Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture, was arrested on Monday. He has admitted to the charge and was quoted by police as saying: “I thought I would be treated kindly [by the female staff] if I pretended to be blind.”

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“I thought I would be treated kindly [by the female staff] if I pretended to be blind.”

Right, stupid logic, be treated nice, gives him the right to grope them in return. What an arse!

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This is just plain stupid. There are any number of clubs where they encourage you to grope the staff as long as you pay the cover charge

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“I thought I would be treated kindly [by the female staff] if I pretended to be blind.”

Now he has to wonder if he'll be treated kindly by the prison staff if he pretends to be good!

5 ( +5 / -0 )

You just couldn't make these stories up!

7 ( +7 / -0 )

Blind justice will help him to see clearly very soon.

5 ( +5 / -0 )

What a disgusting person. Not only is he a sex offender, by pretending to be blind does the disabled a disservice.

4 ( +4 / -0 )

Nasty little POS.

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Well, I hope he gets treated Unkindly by the judge, and gets the maximum sentence for multiple cases of sexual assault, and anything they can charge him with for pretending to be blind and taking advantage of it.

3 ( +3 / -0 )

This is pretty pathetic. A new low, even by the usual japanese groper standard.

2 ( +2 / -0 )

I guess he didn't "see" himself getting caught!

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