[MissThing]

this is about an ongoing trial in UK

A reflexologist used a high street massager device on his patients in a bid to satisfy his lust while pretending the 'treatment' would solve their health problems, a court was told.

Stuart Hill, 57, told his female patients he was using the latest Chinese massage technique which would help them feel better.
Hill claimed the 'hormone therapy', which involved him placing a high street vibrating massager on an intimate part of the patient's body, was banned in the UK.

He said it would arouse the patient and make them 'orgasmic', which would in turn help them recover, Durham Crown Court heard.

One of his alleged victims went to his clinic at Meridian Massage at Nevilles Dross, near Durham City, because she had knee problems.
The middle-aged married woman was allegedly never given treatment to her knee.

Instead, Hill allegedly placed the electric massager on an intimate part of her body.


He claimed the therapy had 'scales of arousal between one and 10' and told his patient to think about sex with her husband during the process, the court heard.
Prosecutor Amanda Rippon said: 'The defendant told her this therapy was not legal in England and she was his guinea pig. She began to think this was legitimate therapy.
'He continued to ask her how aroused she was and what turned her on. She started crying because she could not get aroused.

'She started to think that if she could not get aroused she would not get better. He told her she needed to be orgasmic.'

Hill also licked the woman's breasts and told her he was 'well endowed'.

Miss Rippon described how the victim's face was covered with a towel and so could not see the electric massager Hill was using.

When the massage tool was moved over her groin, she initially presumed it had been inadvertent.

'She trusted the defendant and the prosecution say this was a deliberate act. He was a jolly upbeat man and she genuinely believed that he wanted her to get better,' the prosecutor said.

'The defendant started to feel better and told her husband that the defendant was a miracle worker.'
Reflexology is the practice of massaging the feet, or sometimes the hands and ears, with the goal of encouraging a beneficial effect on other parts of the body.

Hill would charge £30 for a one-hour session although he would readily offer discounts to patients - sometimes charging just £5.

Miss Rippon told the court how Hill would deliberately target female clients.

'He has been described by the women as an enigmatic person,' she told the jury of nine men and three women.
They came to trust him and believe he was treating them genuinely.

'They were then sexually abused by him and sexually touched by him. He did this under the guise of helping them. Sometimes it appears he simply took advantage of a situation, tried it on if you like.

'He left these women ashamed, disgusted and distraught and feeling they were to blame and they felt stupid for falling for it. His behaviour is not just indecent, it is criminal.'
The jury also heard Hill had two previous convictions for sexually assaulting female patients.

Hill, of Red Courts, Brandon, near Durham City denies six charges of sexual assault, two of assault by penetration and one of indecent assault.

The trial continues.

[Charlie]

WTF? They could have said no but they choose to go for it. What he did was wrong but it is ultimately your choice, it is not like he forced them to do it. He convinced them... i dont even know what to say.................

[sooner_girl20]

bizarre.

[Sina]

Originally Posted by CRYLATER3

WTF? They could have said no but they choose to go for it. What he did was wrong but it is ultimately your choice, it is not like he forced them to do it. He convinced them... i dont even know what to say.................

They thought it would really help them. They trusted him!

On another note, I wonder why 9 men and only 3 women were chosen as jurors. ..

[BiloxiBlu]

Really bizarre...

[ayla]

Geez.. damn fetish-ists !

[mooks]

Sickening!! Damn pervert

[moi et mes sacs]

Thats weird.

[leothelnss]

They are pretty goddamn stupid for falling for that, but in no way does that make it okay for him to take advantage of them. He should get jail-time, it's practically rape.

[rubylola]

Originally Posted by CRYLATER3

What he did was wrong but it is ultimately your choice, it is not like he forced them to do it.

Isn't this a wee bit unsympathetic? He was their therapist and took advantage of their trust to sexually molest them.

[Charlie]

Originally Posted by Sina

They thought it would really help them. They trusted him! ..

Originally Posted by rubylola

Isn't this a wee bit unsympathetic? He was their therapist and took advantage of their trust to sexually molest them.

Yes, it is actually. I mean I do feel sorry for the victims I swear I do, it is just damn hard for me to understand how grown up woman in this milenium can still be taken advantage of, just like that.

If the circunstances were different I think I would be more sympathetic towards them. I am a woman too and I am not defending what this as**le did, what he did was WRONG in any possible way but come on, you know they are doing something that has completely nothing to do with quiropractice (I am not even familiar with it but I'd think "WTF, is going here?" if I was in such situation). She knew it felt wrong, it was wrong, he told her the "technique" was illegal and she was actually her guinea pig. He licked her breast and she still compeled and say nothing righ then.

'The defendant told her this therapy was not legal in England and she was his guinea pig. She began to think this was legitimate therapy.

Someone please tell me how this makes any sense. I assume she is an adult and not a kid or a tennager or an elder. I just dont get it, I am sorry.

I am sure there is more people than feels the same way I do. And I wish ALL women knew how to say NO sometimes. Bad things happened to me too, not because I was force to but because I kept my mouth shout and did never say NO.

I am sorry if with my previous comment I make anyone upset, I guess I got caught up...

[Irishgal]

While I totally understand everyone's surprise that women would allow this, I think it is because women and girls are socialized to be so damn polite to everyone, and to just keep their mouths shut. Plus they were probably so shocked they did not know what to say. A freak like this does not seek out the aggressive women but instead preys on the ones who seem more timid, less likely to say anything.

[HauteMama]

I have very little sympathy for the victims. It is like someone falling for the, "I'm a prince exiled from my country. Give me $5K and I will reward you with $100K" Nigerian emails scams. Common sense really ought to come knocking at some point.

That said, I have zero sympathy for the perpetrator, and I think he should receive jail time. What a pathetic excuse for a human being.

[Roo]

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