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British Airways Passenger Sentenced to 21 Months for Groping 12-Year-Old on MumbaiLondon Flight

The judge reduced the term due to his separation from his wife while he awaited trial in the UK.

Overview

  • Judge Simon Davis sentenced Javed Inamdar, 34, to 21 months after a jury convicted him of assaulting a girl under 13 by touching.
  • The girl woke up crying and shouting and told cabin crew he had put his hand up her top and touched her breast, according to testimony.
  • Cabin staff relocated Inamdar, alerted the captain and BA security, and police arrested him when the aircraft landed at Heathrow.
  • Inamdar told crew he might have confused the child for his wife and later told police he had been asleep and could not recall where his hand was.
  • Court reporting noted he is a foreign national without UK status who lived in employer-provided housing on conditional bail before sentencing.