By AFP 06 October 2023 | 8:40 am A US man who groped a sleeping passenger on a plane was jailed Thursday for nearly two years. [FILES] Hands of the prisoner in jail. Photo: EUROPA A US man who groped a sleeping passenger on a plane was jailed Thursday for nearly two years. Mohammad Jawad Ansari, 50, put his hand on the inner thigh of a woman as she slept in the middle seat of a flight from Cleveland to Los Angeles in February 2020. The victim, who was wearing a dress, woke up and pushed Ansari’s hand away before leaving her seat and telling cabin crew about the assault, officials said. Ansari, who had denied the charge of abusive sexual contact, was found guilty after a four-day trial in May, the Department of Justice said. Ansari’s “groping left (his victim) shocked and afraid, and witnesses testified that she sobbed for the remainder of the flight,” a prosecutor told a court in Los Angeles. On flights, the victim “now struggles to fall asleep because she is constantly concerned about ‘what if someone touches me.’” US District Judge Fernando Aenlle-Rocha jailed Ansari for 21 months and ordered him to pay over $40,000. 12 mins ago The Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Wura-Ola Adepoju, has said 112,351 passport booklets are yet to be collected by applicants across the 36 states of the federation and the FCT. 19 mins ago At least 40 people have died in flash floods inundating India’s northeast, officials said Friday, as army teams plotted helicopter rescues for more of the thousands stranded in the deluge. 43 mins ago The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Yobe has confirmed the arrest of a 65-year-old man, Mohammed Baburam, who allegedly chained and starved his wife for one year in Potiskum. 57 mins ago Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State said on Thursday that the groundbreaking of the proposed 100 million-dollar African Film City project in Epe would be done before the end of October. 59 mins ago Vanuatu’s former prime minister, Charlot Salwai returned to power on Friday, taking over from his predecessor, who lost a vote of no confidence after just one month in office. 1 hour ago Five passengers were crushed to death in Sri Lanka on Friday when a large tree fell on a state-run bus in the heart of the capital, Colombo, police said. 1 hour ago The Ogun government has lifted the curfew imposed on Sagamu town following deadly clashes between rival cult groups. 1 hour ago Guinness Nigeria on Thursday announced that, with effect from April 2024, it will no longer import or distribute certain Diageo international premium spirits products. 1 hour ago The Muslim Rights Concern (MIRIC) has commended the Kano State Government for prohibiting some textbooks in nursery, primary and secondary schools due to harmful and sexually explicit contents. 1 hour ago A US man who groped a sleeping passenger on a plane was jailed Thursday for nearly two years.
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