Commuter’s ‘escalator grope’

A commuter has denied groping a woman’s bottom at Waterloo Underground Station. John Smith, 20, allegedly grabbed the woman’s behind as he passed her on the escalator before being stopped by an off-duty police officer. The complainant was making her way to Tooting Broadway from Waterloo at 5.10pm on April 17 when she felt a squeze on the left side of her bottom for about a second, it was said. A woman, who happened to be an off-duty officer, then…