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A B.C. man who raped a teenage girl, shared photos of her, and boasted to his friends about his crimes in a group chat, lost his bid to have the case tossed over delays and has been sentenced.
Prakash Lekhraj was convicted of one count of sexual assault and one count of making or publishing child pornography after a trial in November of last year, according to the B.C. Prosecution Service.
After his conviction, he applied to have the charges stayed on the grounds that his right to be tried within a reasonable time had been violated, filing what’s referred to as a Jordan application. Judge Ellen Gordon’s decision on that matter was posted online last week, rejecting the application and shedding some light on what Lekhraj was accused of and what he told the court at his trial.
“Prakash Lekhraj sexually assaulted the complainant, then a teenaged girl, by, …