Italian Man Convicted for Ogling Woman

Good thing they didn't have any such law on the books when I was younger, or I'd probably be facing life in prison. Granted, guys should be a bit more subtle when checking out the babes, and being obvious about it may make the ladies uncomfortable.

AN ITALIAN man was given a suspended jail sentence for staring too intensely at a woman sitting in front of him on a train.

A judge sentenced the man in his 30s, whose name was not revealed, to 10 days in prison and a E40 ($68) fine after a 55-year old woman filed a complaint for sexual harassment.

The two met on two separate occasions in 2005 on a commuter train going from Lecco, a town in northern Italy, to Milan.

The first time, the man sat next to the woman but she felt he had moved too close for comfort.

The next day, the man sat in front of the same woman and according to her complaint, stared at her for the whole journey.