Neil Middlehurst, 49, who is blind, was ordered in June by the Kingston
(England) Crown Court to refrain from behavior that had provoked numerous
complaints from females who had recently helped him cross streets.
Middlehurst's apparent modus operandi is to touch women affectionately as they
walk, while involved in a short conversation he initiates about sore throats
and "phlegm" (and the judge specifically forbade him from using that word).
[Surrey Comet, 6-25-04]