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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. To read the full story click…