Overview
- Judge Simon Davis sentenced Inamdar at Isleworth Crown Court to immediate custody following the jury’s guilty verdict.
- The assault occurred on a British Airways flight from Mumbai to Heathrow on December 14, when the child awoke crying and shouting.
- Cabin crew moved Inamdar to another seat, reported the incident to the captain, alerted BA security, and police arrested him on landing.
- Inamdar told crew he may have confused the girl with his wife and later told police he had been asleep and had no intent to touch her.
- Defense mitigation cited his lack of UK status, months on conditional bail, and separation from his family, which the judge noted in reducing the term.