A man who sexually assaulted several women by telling them that he was checking their bottoms for insects has been sentenced to three years probation.

Michael F. Knurr who works as a gardener would scare the women saying he had seen a tick them before touching their posterior and in some cases, pulling their trousers down.

In court, his lawyer claimed that Knurr's behavior was apparently rooted in some form of mental illness especially since he insists that he can recall virtually nothing of the encounters that ran him afoul of the law

"There was some kind of breakdown," Gerald Boisits said.

But one woman who was sexually assaulted by Knurr in her garden regarded his memory loss as a convenient excuse and said he was unbelievably brash, following her into her home.

"After all you did to me you gave me your business card," the woman said in court.

"Unbelievable.You are a disturbed individual. You need to get professional help."

Knurr, 39, a father of two was sentenced after being found guilty of sexual assault and ordered to receive treatment for his mental state.

In one case, a woman, 32, called Knurr for an estimate to remove a tree.

As they were walking, the victim said that Knurr told her about a tick. She told him to get it off and pulled her shorts down slightly. She felt a pinch on her left buttock.
He said, "I got it."

She looked at his hand and didn't see a tick, but she thanked him.

He said, "Oh no, it was my pleasure."

In another instance, he told a woman asking about having a tree removed that there was a tick on her, and he put his hand down her pants and groped her buttocks.

Prosecutors think Knurr used the routine on at least 16 women although not all of them were assaulted.
Knurr apologized in court and said he hoped his troubled behaviour was a thing of the past.

He said: "I hope nothing will happen.
"I just want to put this behind me and get on with my life."

K

KETTA

Occasional ticks have been removed from a few of our cats.

All you need do is stun the little blighters(that's the tick we are talking about) with surgical spirit or witch-hazel), then twist the body round(again the tick's we speak of)until the blood-sucking head is freed and tick can be disposed of.

Perhaps the judge should have ordered this idiot stunned with a large mallet. Offence-conspiracy to sexual deviancy without a good enough excuse to pull it off.

Alternatively, he ought to have studied that old Peter Cooke sketch about the bee-keeper attempting to remove an especially rare non-vespian speciman from a lady's knickers(about 1962!). So might the offender,too!


Steve M


Steve M

Steve, to avoid moggie licking poisonous fluid, apply a tiny amount of vaseline to the ticks body. As they breave through their skins they will fall off without any risk of leaving the little swines teeth in the cat.

Not so far fetched as it sounds!
Ticks carry Lime disease in THE USA and its not pleasant if they bite one.
This reminds me of Derek Skinner our maths teech who used to insist on sticking his hand down an entire classes white shorts to "check they were wearing no underwear at PE time for hygiene reasons!"
As for women submitting to this sort of behaviour its not surprising.
Many women freeze up when something like this happens and allow it to proceed or else reject it in no uncertain terms.
Some seem to take it as a sort of veiled pass.
There was another case of a pervert who used to watch women in the rain,on the slightest pretext if they walked near a puddle he would rush up and declare that they had a splishy splashy or rain besmirching their nylons on their calves or leg,(often they in fact did).There first reaction was to lean forward and hold up their leg to examine it at which point the pervert would gently point and together they would both brush the spot away,amazingly this looked incredibly natural and helpful rather than predatory.He appeared to get away with some quite heavy and lingering strokes before abruptly tailing off.In most cases the women thanked him and walked on!
What this says about women and social customs I have no idea!