Wed Jun 19 19:13:29 SAST 2013
Wed Jun 19 19:13:29 SAST 2013

Jailed for molesting young woman on plane

Sep 14, 2011 | Reuters | 70 comments

She was asleep and woke up to find an old man touching her below the waist

 He even touched her AGAIN after she objected! 

A judge has sentenced an Atlanta man to six months in federal prison for fondling a sleeping woman on a Delta Air Lines flight from Dallas to Atlanta last year.

Authorities said a 20-year-old woman seated next to Ranchhodbhai Lakha, 61, woke up to find him touching her below the waist during a September 28, 2010 flight.

Lakha touched her again after she objected, prompting her to get up and report the assault to a flight attendant, according to prosecutors.

Lakha pleaded guilty to a charge of abusive sexual contact.

"This defendant thought he could get away with taking advantage of a defenseless, sleeping passenger sitting next to him," U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Sally Yates said in a statement.

"He was wrong."

The federal judge also ordered the man to serve a year of supervised release after he is out of prison.

Plus, Lakha will have to pay a $5,000 fine and must register as a sex offender, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

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Sep 14, 2011

jacksprat

SICK MOTHER FUKKER
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Sep 14, 2011

jacksprat

KHOROMMBI

READ THE ARTICLE BEFORE YOU COMMENT DIPSH!T!!!!
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Sep 14, 2011

nevus

yha lenyora le etsisana masepa maan,eintlik na tlo feleletsa a entseng phela ke sfofaneng ho na le batho.
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Sep 14, 2011

Mpotjekegobotje

@KHOROMMBI
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Do U hate this people that much?
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Sep 14, 2011

Knan

Mokgalajwe o thanyelwa sleg maan, sies.
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Sep 14, 2011

Sekaku

o totelwa masepa die madala
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Sep 14, 2011

dre10

Women please dress appropriately.

KHOROMMBI
Give us the dude's name. I bet if it is not Buthelezi, is Mkhize, Mbatha,Zuma, or Dlomo....if no driving taxis and commit sexual crime...idiots..
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U are shitt of all shitt that are shitted by all Venda's throughout the year.
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Sep 14, 2011

MuVenda007

Lol Khorombi, WTF? READ DAT SH!T
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Sep 14, 2011

EmptyTin

KHOROMMBI
the way you carry on about Zulus,ekare ongwana mpa ya peto mmao ona betwe ke MoZulu(ke sesotho I cant translate)
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Sep 14, 2011

Vjaay

who's the devil ? mob justice is the only solution in this country
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