A bodybuilder who was once ordered by police not to touch men’s muscles has been found dead at his home in Liverpool.
Muscleman Akinwale Arobieke, also known as ‘Purple Aki’, was 64. The gym-lover was well known in his local community but in 2003 was jailed for six years after being convicted of harassing 15 men.
The conviction earned him the label of a ‘modern-day bogeyman’ in the press due to his long-held fascination with pumped-up physiques.
Three years later, while still behind bars, police issued him with a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) that banned him from touching men’s muscles and going to gyms.
And in 2015 he was also found to have touched a young man’s muscles while travelling on a train from Manchester to Wales. He was convicted of breaching the SOPO.
However, Arobieke insisted he had been the victim of a ‘modern-day witch hunt’ by the police and in 2016 he had the 10-year ban on touching men’s biceps lifted, representing himself in court for the appeal.
And in 2022 he was handed a substantial pay-out from police after he sued the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police for malicious prosecution and misfeasance in public office.
Arobieke was found dead at his home on Devonshire Road in the inner-city Toxteth area of Liverpool on Tuesday night, reports the Liverpool Echo.
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