'Muscle' man appeals

AN "infamous" criminal known as Purple Aki has launched an appeal to overturn an order banning him from squeezing people’s muscles and asking them to do squat thrusts. Akinwale Arobieke, 46, kept what he called a "stalker’s manual" containing details of young men he became fascinated with. He was jailed for six years in 2003 for 16 counts of harassment and has been known to the police for years because of what he admits was an "unusual interest in muscles, the development of muscles and the potential of young men to improve their physique". Complaints When Arobieke was released from jail in 2006 - after racking up several complaints from other prison inmates and warders - Merseyside Police applied for a sexual offences prevention order against him. It was granted by magistrates. But now Arobieke, who has never been convicted... [read full story]