Anthony Quigley had said that he couldn’t understand why a case had been taken against him
A man in his 40s has been found guilty of harassing four teenage girls on a bus and telling them racist and sexist jokes before sexually assaulting one of them.
“I was terrified. He started patting my thigh a few times throughout the journey. He was pushing close to me and breathing on me. He was invading my privacy. He smelled awful and he asked a few times if we liked his aftershave.” In his direct evidence Quigley said that he couldn’t understand why a case had been taken against him.Quigley said he only engaged in banter with the teenagers and refuted suggestions that there was inappropriate contact. He insisted that inappropriate touching wasn’t his style.“I could hear them talking in the back of the bus saying ‘Jesus he is a gas man’.
Judge Brian O’Callaghan thanked the jury for their “diligent’ service. He remanded Mr Quigley in custody until his sentencing hearing on June 28 next.
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