Mute sex offender writes court note stating: ‘I need help’

A mute sex offender threatened a woman on a bus by passing her a note, a court heard. Karl Martin, 55, who has a genetic condition called torsion dystonia, admitted stalking two women and sexually assaulting one of them. He was due to be sentenced at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court but Martin and his defence barrister attended via video-link – and were unable to communicate. Martin wrote notes and held them up to the camera, but it was impossible to make…