An Indian-origin police officer's conviction and sentence to a 15-month jail term for sexually assaulting a masseuse in 2013 has been upheld by a Canadian court in Toronto.
Mandip Sandhu was taken in custody yesterday after Justice Brian O'Marra dismissed several grounds of appeal raised by his lawyers.
The judge upheld both the conviction and sentence handed down to Mr Sandhu by a lower court. "The appellant was convicted of a crime involving sexual violence and an egregious abuse of public trust and authority. The length and manner of serving this custodial sentence do not reflect an error in principle, nor is the sentence demonstrably unfit," said O'Marra.
On June 3, 2010, he went alone to a massage parlour and, with his gun clearly visible, sexually molested a masseuse.
Last year, the complainant filed a lawsuit against Mr Sandhu and the Toronto Police Services Board for $1.3 million.
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