Teacher to be sentenced after rape case

Tue, 04 Feb 2014

Davoud Taghinejad

A teacher will be sentenced today after being found guilty of rape and indecent assault.

A jury found 58-year-old Davoud Taghinejad guilty on Friday last week following a two week trial.

The Douglas man carried out the offences - one charge of rape and 10 charges of indecent assault - between 2011 and 2013.

His victims were five teenage girls.

The sentencing hearing will take place at 2.15pm at Douglas Courthouse.