Overview

• The Bezirksgericht Bülach found the 44-year-old guilty of rape and sexual acts with a child, applying the updated Swiss law that centers on explicit non-consent.
• The sentence is an 18-month prison term suspended on probation, with a two-year probation period, a five-year expulsion from Switzerland, and a lifetime bar on jobs involving regular contact with minors.
• The defendant was arrested after the flight landed in Zürich and remained in custody from March 17 until the August 19 verdict, after which he was released to migration authorities for deportation processing.
• The assault occurred in March on a SWISS flight from Mumbai to Zürich, where the man and the 15-year-old were seated next to each other before the intervention upon landing.
• SWISS said cabin crew promptly separated the teen from the passenger, reassigned her seat, and provided care during the flight.