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42-year-old man arrested for allegedly groping teenage girl at bus stop

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Police in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, have arrested a 42-year-old man on suspicion of indecent assault after he allegedly groped a teenage girl at a bus stop last month.

Police said the suspect, a company employee, is accused of approaching the girl from behind while she was waiting for a bus at around 8:30 a.m. on December 16, and groping her lower body over her clothes, NTV reported.

The man didn’t board the bus. The girl contacted police who checked security camera footage. The suspect was arrested on Tuesday.

Police said the man has admitted to the allegation and said he did not know the girl.

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was waiting for a bus at around 8:30 a.m

Is way too early in the morning for making claim, I don't remember.

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@リッチ

How old and how was she drrsssed as well as was she a street walker that was upset he just left or what? Destroy someone’s name over a bad truck?

Age? Teenager. Specifics don’t matter.

Streetwalker? Serious? The article says she was waiting for the bus at 8:30 in the morning, much like my daughter does on her way to college and she’s not a prostitute.  

Destroy someone’s name? It was caught on camera dude. I’d say it’s pretty easy to distinguish someone fondling your lower body from accidentally bumping into or something innocent like that.  

Creepy.

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How old and how was she drrsssed as well as was she a street walker that was upset he just left or what? Destroy someone’s name over a bad truck?

It is unfortunate but in this site there will always be users that automatically try to blame the victim and defend the sexual criminals being reported. It seems like the badly understood "freedom of speech" attracts this kind of commenters here since it is conduct not allowed in other spaces.

7 ( +14 / -7 )

Worthless news. No details names just worthless

-9 ( +0 / -9 )

Worthless news. No details names just worthless

Not worthless at all, people are interested and this can help understanding the problem is real and keeps happening even if authorities are supposedly doing something about it. It can even help other victims in a similar situation understand that contacting the police is not useless and that the criminal can be caught if they are brave enough to complain.

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@リッチ

Worthless news. No details names just worthless

News sites usually don’t name victims’ identities. Or were you wanting to “destroy” the alleged perpetrator’s identity after all by learning who he was?

The article actually tells us more than we often get to know. The guy kept his hands outside her clothes, not that I care to know that.

But I know you really want a photo of what she was wearing, to show us if she was dressed in revealing clothing. As if that gives him license to grope her.

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