Bored interpreter tried to interview woman naked

Grant McCabe:

A PROFESSIONAL interpreter pled guilty yesterday to committing a breach of the peace after trying to conduct a job interview with a woman while completely naked.

Saeed Akbar asked the 25-year-old job applicant if she objected to conducting the meeting between them with no clothes on.

Akbar then left his office only to return holding a clipboard, but with all his clothes removed.

Police later arrested the £25,000-a-year interpreter who claimed he had acted in such a manner because he was bored.

Akbar was a well-regarded executive at Alpha Translating and Interpreting Services, who work with the Scottish Executive, police and the courts service.

On 28 September, last year, the woman answered an advert from the firm looking for a translator.

She then spoke with the accused, who invited her for an interview at his Glasgow office the next day.

When she arrived, Akbar, 35, quickly broke with formalities and asked had she any problems if they took their clothes off.

The woman refused, and the interview started before Akbar suddenly got up and left the room.

However, he came back into the office moments later without his clothing.

Vincent Lunny, prosecuting, told Glasgow Sheriff Court: "Akbar returned shortly after, completely naked, carrying only a clipboard.

"The woman was extremely distressed and frightened for her safety. She voiced her disgust and Akbar left and came back, this time fully clothed."

Akbar tried to restart the interview, but the woman fled and reported the incident to police.

The father-of-one initially claimed to officers that the strip was a consensual "role play" as part of his "tough interviewing technique".

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