AADAM MOHAMMAD SENTENCED IN PERTH FOR SEXUAL OFFENSES INVOLVING VICTIMS IN EDINBURGH AND PERTHSHIRE
A 30-year-old man named Aadam Mohammad has received a four-year prison sentence following convictions for serious sexual offenses committed at a Perth residence.Court documents reveal that Mohammad committed a rape in December 2009 while the victim was unconscious, disrobing her and assaulting her in a manner that prevented her from consenting or refusing.
Although he denied the charge initially, a jury at Edinburgh High Court convicted him last month.
Additionally, the court found him guilty of indecently assaulting another woman in a vehicle in Perthshire sometime between October 2009 and October 2010.
He was acquitted of a third charge involving a different woman.
The court remanded him into custody before sentencing.
Prior to these incidents, Mohammad had a previous theft conviction.
Judge Lord Summers ordered that he serve four years for the sexual offenses.
The verdict underscores the serious nature of his crimes, which involved non-consensual acts against women, including an assault on an unconscious woman.
Following his convictions, Mohammad remains in custody.
In a separate legal development, a civil service executive convicted of sexually assaulting two women has had his convictions overturned.
Aadam Mohammad, aged 31, is expected to be released from prison after successful appeal judges overturned his convictions.
Last year, he was convicted of raping and sexually assaulting a woman at a Perth house in December 2009.
The jury also learned that he indecently assaulted another woman in a vehicle in Perthshire between October 2009 and October 2010.
He was acquitted of a third woman's charges.
Judge Lord Summers sentenced him to four years in prison for these offenses.
During an appeal hearing, solicitor Ann Ogg argued that the assaults for which Mohammad was convicted differed significantly in nature, and therefore, the incidents did not support each other’s convictions.
The court learned that if the third rape charge had been upheld, a guilty verdict could have been reached.
Ms.
Ogg explained that the Moorov doctrine, which allows for connected sexual offence convictions based on similarities in timing, nature, and circumstances, did not apply in this case due to the lack of sufficient connection between incidents.
Judges Lady Dorrian, Lord Glennie, and Lord Turnbull upheld her argument.
In their written judgment, Lady Dorrian stated that once the jury rejected the first charge, they should have been instructed to acquit on the others, as the Moorov doctrine was not satisfied.
Earlier this month, prosecutors argued that Mohammad’s conviction was sound, citing sufficient evidence for a guilty verdict.
However, the appeal panel disagreed, leading to the quashing of his convictions and his imminent release from custody.
