Probation for naked interviewer

A man who tried to conduct a job interview naked has been sentenced to three years’ probation and placed on the sex offenders’ register.

Glasgow Sheriff Court was told that Saeed Akbar, a manager at an interpreting and translation company, “had wanted a bit of excitement”.

Sheriff Brian Lockhart described the behaviour as “wholly unacceptable”.

Akbar, 35, left the interview room and came back in to speak to his female victim naked and clutching a clipboard.

When the job candidate refused to strip as well, he put his clothes on and attempted to continue the interview as normal, the court was told.

Akbar, from Fife, said: “I wanted a bit of excitement that afternoon, that’s purely all it was.”

‘Safety fears’

Passing sentence, Sheriff Lockhart said Akbar’s partner had now left him, he had lost his job and his friends refused to associate with him.

Referring to the 25-year-old victim, he added: “I can really understand how the police report describes her as extremely distressed, intimidated and fearful for her personal safety.

“I understand that you now accept that she would not know your thoughts and appreciate that she did in fact, fear being harmed by you in a sexual manner. “

“On the one hand, I have to take into account the distress which you caused your victim.”

“On the other hand, I have to take into account the catastrophic effect this incident has had on your life. You have suffered severely as a result of your actions.”

The father-of-one, from Dunfermline had pleaded guilty to committing a breach of the peace.

He worked at Alpha Translating and Interpreting Services in Glasgow, which advertised for a translator.

‘Role play’

The woman answered the advert and was invited to attend an interview at the firm’s Glasgow office the following day.

When she arrived, Akbar - who was held in “high esteem” by his company - asked if she would mind if they took their clothes off.

The £25,000 per-year executive tried to restart the interview after putting his clothes back on, but his victim fled and reported the matter to police.

He initially told police his strip was a consensual “role play” as part of his “tough interviewing technique”.

Aamer Anwar, defending, said: “He totally accepts his guilt. It was a serious abuse of his position as he foolishly believed the complainer was interested in him.”

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Posted by Phil Peterson on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 05:07 PM in Humour
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Posted by Amman on June 15, 2005, 06:30 PM | #

LOL! I daresay this is the funniest news article I’ve read in the while, though in all fairness, I can’t see why it holds much interest other than the race (Presumably Arab?) of our friendly nudist. Still, funny, though. :D

Posted by Phil Peterson on June 15, 2005, 06:43 PM | #

Amman,

I think the bloke was Pakistani. I only posted it because I thought it was a hilarious story (although the race angle does spice it up a bit as well).....chuckle

Posted by Guessedworker on June 16, 2005, 02:24 AM | #

Amman,

I would be interested to know your take on this ...

Would the guy have been likely to pull a stunt like this in Pakistan or would Asian sexual propriety simply prohibit it? Alternatively, could he have been protected by the Islamic indifference to women’s rights? Would the women’s reputation be ruined?

The article doesn’t say whether Mr Akbar was British-born and thus to what extent he has been infected by the West’s current liberal ways. But there is a sense in which he might be a victim of cultural dissonance - as well as a damned sex pest, of course.

Posted by Amman on June 16, 2005, 02:31 PM | #

I doubt he’d pull a stunt like this in Pakistan. From what I recall, the Koran and the Hadiths proscribe nudity and stuff like that—they exhort Muslims to cover up the private parts and whatnot. So this Akbar fellow’s not really following scripture very well, which would get him killed in Pakistan or other Islamic countries. Pakistani Muslims are known for raping women and blowing things up, not for conducting job interviews naked. I think this guy is an amusing aberration, nothing more.

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