The middle-aged boss of a popular Northwood Hills beauty salon is facing prison after he was convicted yesterday of groping a "shocked" 17 year-old trainee's breasts while conditioning her hair.
Hairdresser Shimon Alcobi, 44, the owner of SHD Beauty, The Broadway, Joel Street began massaging the girl's head before running his hands down under her top and bra.
He denied, but was convicted by an Isleworth Crown Court (pictured) jury of sexually assaulting the victim on a day between May 30 and June 30, 2011 and will be sentenced on February 25.
Alcobi, of Holders Hill Avenue, Hendon later sacked the teenager after falsely accusing her of forming a relationship with a male member of staff and she reported him to the police.
Prosecutor Miss Pamela Reiss told the jury: "He offered to do her hair and conditioned it while giving her a head massage.
"Then he started rubbing the top of her neck and the front of her chest and put both his hands under her top and under her bra and touched her breasts.
"She was shocked, but continued to work there until August when she was fired for purportedly being in a relationship with another member of staff.
"This was not true, but they ended up forming a relationship later."
When police investigated the complaint two other young girls, an 19 year-old former member of staff and her friend, also gave statements against Alcobi alleging sexual assault.
He was also charged in relation to them, but was acquitted by the jury.
The former employee said Alcobi quizzed her about her sex life while shampooing and conditioning her hair and touched her chest, just above her breasts.
The defendant was conditioning her friend's hair on another occasion when the young woman insists he touched her chest and encouraged the girls to kiss each other.
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Remarkable in this artical how the story has changed from what she actually said to the POLICE.
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