Emotional testimony was heard in Lethbridge court docket on Tuesday as a younger girl took the stand within the sexual assault trial for Sohil Bindra.
The girl, who can’t be named attributable to a publication ban, is one in all 4 on this trial alleging Bindra assaulted them.
He’s additionally going through expenses of home breaking to commit sexual assault and administering a noxious substance.
Court docket heard the younger girl and her buddy had been out at a membership, dancing and consuming in February of 2020, after they met the accused. He was dancing and visiting with the alleged sufferer’s buddy.
The buddy testified she observed the younger girl wasn’t doing properly however didn’t imagine she was drunk, and described her as appearing ‘out of it’ and unable to face.
She testified Bindra supplied to drive her and the alleged sufferer dwelling and he or she accepted. Bindra helped carry the younger girl to his automotive and the three drove to her dwelling, the place he carried her into her home and as much as her room.
The buddy testified when she and Bindra went to depart the bed room, the younger girl was handed out and never speaking. She noticed Bindra holding her hand, standing over her and observing her.
She added they left the home and roommates locked the door behind them.
Bindra drove her to her home and he or she mentioned after they arrived he tried kissing her, however she was uncomfortable and received out of the automotive.
Police allege Bindra then returned to the alleged sufferer’s dwelling and sexually assaulted her.
Greater than a dozen witnesses are anticipated to be known as by the Crown on this trial, which is about to wrap up Nov. 19.
Bindra is scheduled to face trial once more subsequent month for related expenses involving a fifth girl, and a trial can be set for January involving a sixth girl.
Bindra has been in custody since March of 2020.
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