A man who posed as a talent agency photographer on Instagram to lure women in Surrey and Vancouver has been sentenced to two years less one day in jail followed by three years probation after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual assault in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster.

Justice Jennifer Duncan, in her , noted Kashif Ramzan, 42, persuaded two women B次元官网网址� one age 18, the other age 19 B次元官网网址� to attend auditions with him and in the course of the auditions B次元官网网址渆ngaged in sexual actsB次元官网网址� with them.

B次元官网网址淲hile Mr. Ramzan asked both of the complainants about their comfort level with nudity and love scenes in advance of the auditions, by his plea of guilty he has admitted that he neither had their consent nor had an honest but mistaken belief in their communicated consent to engage in the sexual acts that took place with them,B次元官网网址� Duncan said.

B次元官网网址淢r. Ramzan set up an elaborate framework of online deceit from which he engaged in a pattern of predatory conduct against young women. His two victims were still in their teens while he was a university educated man twenty years older than them.B次元官网网址�

The victimsB次元官网网址� identities are shielded by a publication ban.

The court heard RamzanB次元官网网址檚 crimes happened from Sept. 14 to Sept. 19, 2019, at or near Surrey and Vancouver and on April 25, 2020 in Surrey. The Crown sought a sentence of two years less a day followed by three years of probation while RamzanB次元官网网址檚 defence sought a sentence of six months less a day in jail blended with a two-year conditional sentence.

B次元官网网址淢r. Ramzan is a permanent resident of Canada who will lose his right to appeal deportation if he receives a jail sentence of six months or longer,B次元官网网址� Duncan noted.

The judge noted Ramzan is not a casting director, talent agent, modelling agent, promoter or professional photographer and B次元官网网址渉as no associationB次元官网网址� to legitimate modelling or talent agencies. She said he acquired two Instagram accounts B次元官网网址� Globaltalentmgt and Nextop Global B次元官网网址� and used them to communicate with his victims. The Instagram accounts contained appropriated images of models and Ramzan used the accounts to convince the women B次元官网网址渢o unknowingly participateB次元官网网址� in bogus modelling and acting auditions.

Going by the alias B次元官网网址淩eez Javier,B次元官网网址� he also created a website B次元官网网址� reezphotography.com B次元官网网址� along with an email account - reez@reezphotography.com - to convince his victims he was legit.

The court heard he put a collar on one victim and handcuffed her wrists behind her back. B次元官网网址淗e attached the collar to the cuffs with a chain and placed her face down on the bed in the bedroom,B次元官网网址� Duncan noted. B次元官网网址淎 twelve minute video recording was made of what occurred in the bedroom.B次元官网网址�

The court also heard that in late September 2019, Ramzan applied his Instagram ruse on a third female, who told him she was 15 and only available after school or on weekends. She went with him to a hotel in Surrey on Oct. 12, 2019. He took photos and shot video of her is various outfits and positions then said they needed B次元官网网址渢o act out an intimate scene involving kissing and cuddling,B次元官网网址� Duncan noted. She replied she was B次元官网网址渦ncomfortableB次元官网网址� and didnB次元官网网址檛 want to continue, he packed up his equipment and drove her home.

Ramzan came to Canada on a student work visa from Pakistan in 2015, completed a Master of Engineering degree the following year at UBC, applied for permanent residency in 2018, married in July 2019 and the couple run a coffee shop together.

Before sentencing, Ramzan underwent a psychological assessment.

B次元官网网址淥n the topic of the sexual offences, the doctor noted that Mr. Ramzan said in Pakistan, if a girl agrees to meet B次元官网网址渨e can do what we wantB次元官网网址� and if a girl agrees to meet he thought that meant they could have sex,B次元官网网址� the judge noted in her reasons for judgment.

B次元官网网址滿r. Ramzan acknowledged the concept of consent is different in Canada, but also believed that Canadian women are more sexually available because of the lack of religious barrier. He thought that if a girl went into a hotel with him, that was consent.B次元官网网址�

Other terms ordered by the court include Ramzan include having no direct or indirect contact with his victims, no electronic contact or communication with anyone under 16, to attend counselling sessions as directed by his probation officer, and not to access any computer network including the internet to Access, directly or indirectly, or maintain any personal profile on any social media sites, social networks, internet discussion forums or chat rooms.

B次元官网网址淵ou must not represent yourself to anyone, by any means, that you are a modelling scout or agent, a talent agent, a photographer, a casting manager or a film director,B次元官网网址� Duncan also told Ramzan.

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