Bodybuilder Akinwale Arobieke was a modern day bogeyman who became infamous for his strange behaviour and as a larger-than-life figure in Liverpool who was engulfed in controversy after being jailed and then freed Arobieke died on August 26 in Liverpool (Image: BBC)

He was a modern day bogeyman, a gym enthusiast and was known up and down the country by his very particular moniker. ‌

Akinwale Arobieke has died at 64, having been found unresponsive at his Toxteth home on August 26, in what Merseyside Police described as “non-suspicious circumstances.” ‌

Arobieke, a keen weightlifter whose obsession with touching young men’s muscles saw him become a larger-than-life figure in Liverpool and beyond, has long been a figure of ridicule and intrigue. ‌

His death closes a ch

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