Purple Aki. A modern-day folk-devil, looming (at about 6ft 5”) over Liverpool and its surrounding satellite towns (Manchester included) for the best part of three decades now. When I was a lad, ...

United Kingdom police have confirmed the death of Liverpool bodybuilder Akinwale Arobieke, also known as Purple Aki, at the age of 64. Arobieke was a British man known for his criminal convictions for ...

Across Merseyside, there is a name which has been whispered for decades – "Purple Aki". Benjamin Zand goes in search of the truth behind one of the UK's strangest stories.

A BOLTON restaurateur has changed the name of a burger after complaints it was racist and offensive. Franco Sotgiu, who owns the Solita chain across Greater Manchester, said he did not mean to upset ...

The documentary examined the life of Akinwale Arobieke, who completed jail sentences connected to a fetish he had for touching men's muscles A BBC documentary about a bodybuilder is being investigated ...

A notorious "bogeyman" who has an obsession for squeezing young men's muscles has been spotted in Hull. It has been reported that Akinwale Arobieke, nicknamed “Purple Aki," is now roaming the streets ...

A bodybuilding fanatic from Merseyside who is banned from squeezing men’s muscles or asking them to do squats has targeted more young males, a jury was told. Akinwale Arobieke, 52, who the court heard ...

A notorious “modern-day bogeyman” touched a young man’s muscles on a train - breaching a court order. Bodybuilder Akinwale Arobieke was convicted of breaching his Sexual Offences Prevention Order ...