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Beatle backs grope charge brother
 Mike McCartney, center, in The Scaffold, with Roger McGough and John Gorman YOUR E-MAIL ALERTSLONDON, England -- Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney says he will stand by his brother after he was accused of groping a waitress. Mike McCartney, 61, was charged with indecent touching following an alleged incident at a pub in Wirral, Merseyside in northern England, last year, the UK's Press Association reported on Wednesday. The photographer and former member of 1960s band The Scaffold denied the charge at Chester Magistrates Court last week. He is due to appear before the court again next month. Sir Paul was not with his brother on the night in question, but said he looked forward to him clearing his name in court. In a statement issued through his publicist, he said: "I totally support my brother in defending this allegation. "Mike is a devoted family man, who has respect for people, and equally he has earned respect for himself in both his professional and private life. "I look forward to his name being cleared and the anxiety caused to him and his family being relieved as soon as possible." Earlier this week, Mike McCartney described the allegation as "ludicrous," PA said. 
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