Handyman accused of groping customer claims he only ‘rubbed her arm’

An engineer accused of groping a woman’s breasts while fixing her cooker insisted that he only rubbed her arm because she was tired. Christopher Silverson, 51, allegedly told the woman: ‘If you show your breasts, I’ll show you mine’ while indicating his groin, jurors heard. Silverson is said to have made the comment after he was called out to fix the woman’s appliance in east London on 28 June 2019. He then groped her breasts when he returned to continue…