Indian Software Engineer Convicted For Groping Woman During Flight

[chinthakayalaravi]

[b]Washington: [/b][color=#000000][font=Georgia,]An Indian software consultant, on a work visa in the US, was convicted by a Chicago court on Thursday for allegedly groping a woman while they were seated next to each other aboard an airplane.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]Srinivasa S Erramilli, 45, remains free on bond pending sentencing, which has been set for April 26, 2013, by US District Judge Joan H Lefkow.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]He faces a maximum sentence of two years in prison and a USD 250,000 fine.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]Incidentally he was convicted twice previously for identical crimes.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]Evidence at the trial showed that Mr Erramilli was the last passenger to board a Southwest Airlines flight to Chicago's Midway Airport on June 14, 2011, and was seated in the only open seat available between the victim, who had chosen a window seat to sleep during the flight, and her husband, who had chosen an aisle seat to enable easier access during the flight.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]The couple had travelled to Las Vegas for their 34th wedding anniversary, the Department of Justice said in a statement.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]The victim testified that Mr Erramilli groped her three times aboard the plane.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]She struck Mr Erramilli and yelled at him after realising that he had been groping her. [/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]Other passengers and flight attendants also testified during the trial, the press statement said.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]The federal grand jury in Chicago also heard testimony from another victim who was seated in the row in front of Mr Erramilli when he groped her on a flight from Detroit to Chicago in August 1999.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]Mr Erramilli pleaded guilty to battery in Cook County in 2000 and was sentenced to two years' probation and five days' community service.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]In 2002, Mr Erramilli was sentenced in Federal Court in Detroit to three years' probation after he was convicted of abusive sexual contact for groping yet another woman aboard a flight from San Jose, California, to Detroit.[/font][/color]

[chinthakayalaravi]

Kanisam ikkada green card aina emaina anukovachu.. H-1 meedaochi entra babu ee panul.....