Mohammed Wazir Khan, the private school teacher who last month was found guilty of sexually assaulting one of his female students, has been placed by High Court Judge Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on $250,000 bail pending appeal.
As a condition of his bail, he has been ordered to lodge his passport with the Police.
Following trial before Magistrate Leron Daly, Khan was found guilty of the charge, which stated that on March 9, 2019, he engaged in sexual activity with a child under the age of 16, thereby abusing a position of trust.
According to the facts of the case, Khan braced the young girl with his penis and squeezed her breasts and buttocks. In addition to his custodial sentence, Khan was ordered to pay a fine of $1 million.
However, through his lawyer, Khan filed an appeal, asking that his conviction and sentence be set aside. The convict is arguing, among other things, that the magistrate showed unconstrained human emotion with the victim’s evidence, which created an unfair trial. He is also arguing that the Magistrate erred in law when she considered that there was a “strong suspicion” that he may well in fact have committed the offence. According to Khan’s lawyer, this suspicion could not justify upholding a conviction in all the circumstances of the case.
Further, Khan is requesting that the court set an early date for the hearing of his appeal.
