Sports Direct worker accused of sexual hug

A Sports Direct worker who grabbed a 17-year-old around the waist in the street claimed he was ‘just being friendly’, a court heard. Mohammed Sharif, 33, first followed the girl last October as she was making her way to her father’s home in north London. Sharief then waited for the teenager to come out and chatted to her before grabbing her around the waist, the Old Bailey heard. Prosecutor Walton Hornsby said: ‘This defendant put his arms around her in…