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Wednesday 24 March 2010

Police quiz airport X-ray security worker 'who used naked body scanner to leer at colleague'

An airport security guard who made lewd comments about a female colleague's breasts after taking a 'naked' body scan of her is facing the sack. Jo Margetson, 29, walked into the scanner at Heathrow airport by accident, and an airport worker quickly took a scan of her body, before making the remark. He is the first airport worker to be investigated for misusing the devices. The machines produce an image of the subject's body that clearly shows the outline of the genitals and other body parts. They were introduced at Manchester and Heathrow following last year's unsuccessful Christmas Day bombing on a flight to Detroit and are expected to be rolled out at Birmingham and Gatwick later this year. Ms Margetson immediately complained to bosses at BAA and police. 'I can't bear to think about the body scanner thing,' she told The Sun. 'I'm totally traumatised by it. (Daily Mail)