Sex assault case to set sentencing hearing and trial date next month

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on July 13, 2022.

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com

The setting of sentencing and trial dates for a Lethbridge man charged with sex-related offences have been adjourned to appear in front of Judge already involved with the case.
Sohil Bindra’s matter appeared in Lethbridge provincial court Tuesday with the intention to set a sentencing hearing and schedule a trial date, but the matter was adjourned to Aug. 2, to be able to appear in front of Judge LeGrandeur, who previously found Sohil Bindra guilty of administering a drug to three women so he could assault them. 

Bindra, 35, sexually assaulted three women between 2018 and 2020. The accused denied the allegations and testified during his trial that all the women consented to the liaisons.

During a trial in November and December, a woman testified Bindra assaulted her in his vehicle in the spring of 2018. Bindra was found guilty of sexual assault and administering a noxious substance in relation to the assault against the woman.
Another woman testified Bindra sexually assaulted her, after he gave her and a friend a ride home from a bar in February of 2020. He was found guilty of housebreaking and commit sexual assault, sexual assault and administering a noxious substance in relation to that woman.
He also faced a charge of sexual assault – in the form of an unwanted kiss – in relation to the woman’s friend to whom he gave a ride home, but LeGrandeur said the Crown did not prove the absence of consent and he dismissed that charge.
A fourth woman told court during the trial that she was too drunk to drive home to Taber following a work Christmas party in December of 2018, and was sexually assaulted after Bindra allowed her to stay the night at his westside home. Although Bindra said she was coming onto him, she testified she did not consent and told him no. He was found guilty of administering a noxious substance and sexual assault.

Bindra was also found guilty on two drug charges; one for possessing cocaine and the other for possessing the substance he used to drug the women.
-with files from Delon Shurtz

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