A commuter accused of indecency on a train has walked free after telling a court he was strumming an imaginary banjo.

Before Melvyn Webb was acquitted, the judge in his trial had informed the jury that men do sometimes innocently ‘fiddle with themselves in public’.

The case arose after a woman complained of seeing a newspaper moving on his lap as he breathed heavily.

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P.S. Although it is in the Daily Mail, it seems to be true.

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na ,i'll just pull the curtains...

He was doing pretty good, too.  It sounded like John Lennon's "Imagine..."

haha, air cigar box guitar... there's a thing..

who's for a competition...

What! An air cigar box guitar builders competition. Fantastic idea. Shall we see if we can get Ben and Dan interested? I'm sure Ben can come up with some air prizes.

we could have some really awesome prizes ,and the builds would be sublime. Lets's do it...No Rules...RIGHT?!

Sounds good to me. Competition will be fierce though.

No i was just rollong my ciger honist your HOHNER but you can also use it as a mouth organ!! sorry :-)

Remember, it wasn't a guitar but a banjo.

I think it is probably one of these gentlemen,

but certainly not this one.

Bug there is a word to describe this guy and it rhymes with anchor.

nice

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