Annapolis alderman convicted of groping mid

Annapolis alderman convicted of groping mid
By Brian Witte - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Dec 3, 2009 18:21:17 EST

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A judge convicted an Annapolis alderman Thursday of groping a Naval Academy midshipman in a car in May.

Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Paul Harris Jr. convicted Alderman Samuel Shropshire of second-degree assault and a fourth-degree sex offense, which are misdemeanors.

Sentencing has been scheduled for February.

Shropshire, a 61-year-old Democrat who ran for mayor of Annapolis but lost the primary in September, was charged in May with touching a 21-year-old male midshipman’s crotch in a car.

“We’re disappointed in the verdict, but we understand the judge’s decision,” said Gill Cochran, Shropshire’s attorney.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/12/ap_navy_mid_assault_conviction_120309/

WTF??

Is he saying that he wishes that his client would have been found not guilty, but understands the judge's decision - because his client was guilty??