An octogenarian drunkenly celebrating his landmark birthday put his hand up one young woman’s skirt and twice grabbed another’s bum between dance floor moves in a packed pub.
Pensioner Jaime Arrochela Lobo, 80, who has a heart pacemaker, told police after he was arrested in the early hours that he enjoyed dancing and chatting to girls.
He was convicted of sexually assaulting a 23 year-old and her 24 year-old friend at St. Christopher Inn, Borough on March 25 and will be sentenced on October 18.
“I felt a bit sorry for him so said: ‘Hi.’ I thought if I saw someone like my grandfather I’d feel a bit sorry for him. The people in the pub were in their twenties and thirties,” said the first woman.
“I turned away and a minute later I felt his hand up my skirt inside my underwear and touching my vagina.
“I turned around very quickly and pointed my finger in his face and called him disgusting. I was very upset and went outside to compose myself.
“I felt vulnerable, angry and violated.”
Her friend told Croydon Magistrates Court: “This man came up behind me and touched my bottom so I turned around and told him not to do that.
“Later on the same man did it again. It was like a grab.
“It did make me feel a bit uncomfortable and violated and I was a bit angry with him.
“I did question why and old man would be there on his own in a young environment.
“I went outside and my friends very distraught, crying, lots of tears and was really upset.”
Arrochela Lobo, of Brinklow House, Torquay Street, Paddington was arrested at the pub and told police: “I like dancing and speaking with young girls.”
He told the court he has a pacemaker and undergone surgery to replace a heart valve and suffers from involuntary shakes.
Former car salesman Arrochela Lobo said he had “plenty” to drink. “I was dancing with different ladies. I got out of the house because I was a bit upset with my girlfriend.
“I can’t say if what the two woman say is true or not because I can’t remember.”
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