Teacher guilty of rape and indecent assault

Fri, 31 Jan 2014

Davoud Taghinejad

A maths teacher has been found guilty of one charge of rape and 10 charges of indecent assault.

58-year-old Davoud Taghinejad from Douglas was found guilty by a jury today following a two-week trial.

He had contested all of the charges - which were committed against five teenage girls between 2011 and 2013.

Mr Taghinejad has been remanded in custody – he will be sentenced next week.