A girl is waiting for some friends when a stranger approaches and gropes her. The victim, 22, asks for an explanation, and the man, 31, downplays the incident, backed by her own mother who arrives shortly after. The incident happened in the forecourt of Pescara Station on the afternoon of August 13. The man was arrested today for sexual assault by officers of the Mobile Squad. The victim reported to the police that the 31-year-old man, heedless of the seriousness of the act committed, was confronted with her reaction and replied that it was just a joke. An argument had ensued in which, in the face of the young woman's legitimate request for an explanation, the man had continued to downplay the incident, always defended by his own mother. The latter, after realizing that the girl had photographed them, had scornfully invited her to report the matter to the police, telling her that she should however be glad for the fact "that she had been touched by a handsome man," thus justifying her son's action.