NYC Subway Foot Molester Confesses

(New York City) Joseph Weir, a young man who lives with his parents and sisters, has a disturbing hobby.

From Reuters.com:

A 23-year-old with a foot fetish has admitted he tried to kiss, fondle and lick the legs and toes of more than 70 women on the New York subway over the last three years, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

In a handwritten confession to police released by the Manhattan district attorney's office, Joseph Weir said his aim was "to make them laugh and smile and open to talk to me."

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"I get on my knees, bow, grab their feet, kiss them. I grab their hand and tell them 'You're so beautiful. I'm not worthy,'" he wrote. "I do not give me real name. If they ask I will tell them my name is Anthony, Jason or Careem."

Weir said his motivation was to get to know the women, but he recalled that often they would move away when he tried to "taste and touch them."

"Some women had kick(ed) me and screamed," he wrote. "I've done this to about 70 women, mostly black."

Okay, I give up. There's nothing about this guy's hobby that I would consider worth redemption, but I'm not a do-gooder. I don't doubt, though, that there is a rehab clinic somewhere that employs twelve-steps to cure one foot-fetish.


[Update 0730EDT, 05/11/06]

And then there's this report from Britain where a guy was found guilty of three counts of indecent assault and four counts of sexual assault.

From EnfieldIndependent.co.uk:

A pervert who unzipped women's trousers on Tube trains has been jailed for three years.

Bernardo Da Conceicao, 35, of Percival Road, Enfield, assaulted seven women between 2003 and 2005, using a satchel to cover his hand.

The trainee accountant, who was a student at London Metropolitan University, targeted women travelling on the Underground during rush hours.

He would strike on the southbound Victoria Line between Finsbury Park and Highbury and Islington stations and on the northbound Piccadilly line in the evening.

His victims felt a light pressure on their groin, before glancing down to see Da Conceicao undoing their zips.

He was caught last May after a 33-year-old woman, who was approached by Da Conceicao at Highbury and Islington station, raised the alarm.

So, we've got one guy attacking women's feet and legs while another guy is unzipping women's pants. Sheesh! What happens next?