Quirky World: Sexual groping for humour is okay says Italian court

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Italy:  An man accused of groping female colleagues is not guilty of sexual harassment because he was driven by an immature sense of humour rather than a desire for sexual gratification, a court in Sicily has ruled.

The ruling drew condemnation in a country where the national statistics bureau says around a third of women between 16 and 70 years old have suffered physical or sexual violence.