'Mr Magoo' touched nurse's breast 'while trying to read badge'

'SHORT-SIGHTED' PENSIONER CONVICTED OF SEX ASSAULT

- KENNY PARKER and PAUL BRITTON

A SHORT-SIGHTED grandfather nicknamed 'Mr Magoo' by his own solicitor in court has been ordered to sign the sex offenders' register and pay £500 in damages after he touched a nurse's breast while saying he was trying to read her name badge on her NHS uniform.

Widower Andrew Sington, 76, who was not wearing his glasses, was visiting a patient at a hospital when he reached over to the woman's fleece jacket so he could see who she was, a court heard.

But during the manoeuvre, magistrates heard Sington, of Regency Court in Hale, near Altrincham, touched the nurse's left breast then said: "I am sorry I didn't mean to touch your boob, I was just checking your name." The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, later reported the incident and was said to be in a state 'shock and disbelief.'