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 乌鸦传媒� one age 18, the other age 19 乌鸦传媒� to attend auditions with him and in the course of the auditions 乌鸦传媒渆ngaged in sexual acts乌鸦传媒� with them.
乌鸦传媒淲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,乌鸦传媒� Duncan said.
乌鸦传媒淢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.乌鸦传媒�
The victims乌鸦传媒� identities are shielded by a publication ban.
The court heard Ramzan乌鸦传媒檚 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 Ramzan乌鸦传媒檚 defence sought a sentence of six months less a day in jail blended with a two-year conditional sentence.
乌鸦传媒淢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,乌鸦传媒� Duncan noted.
The judge noted Ramzan is not a casting director, talent agent, modelling agent, promoter or professional photographer and 乌鸦传媒渉as no association乌鸦传媒� to legitimate modelling or talent agencies. She said he acquired two Instagram accounts 乌鸦传媒� Globaltalentmgt and Nextop Global 乌鸦传媒� 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 乌鸦传媒渢o unknowingly participate乌鸦传媒� in bogus modelling and acting auditions.
Going by the alias 乌鸦传媒淩eez Javier,乌鸦传媒� he also created a website 乌鸦传媒� reezphotography.com 乌鸦传媒� 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. 乌鸦传媒淗e attached the collar to the cuffs with a chain and placed her face down on the bed in the bedroom,乌鸦传媒� Duncan noted. 乌鸦传媒淎 twelve minute video recording was made of what occurred in the bedroom.乌鸦传媒�
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 乌鸦传媒渢o act out an intimate scene involving kissing and cuddling,乌鸦传媒� Duncan noted. She replied she was 乌鸦传媒渦ncomfortable乌鸦传媒� and didn乌鸦传媒檛 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.
乌鸦传媒淥n the topic of the sexual offences, the doctor noted that Mr. Ramzan said in Pakistan, if a girl agrees to meet 乌鸦传媒渨e can do what we want乌鸦传媒� and if a girl agrees to meet he thought that meant they could have sex,乌鸦传媒� the judge noted in her reasons for judgment.
乌鸦传媒滿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.乌鸦传媒�
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.
乌鸦传媒淵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,乌鸦传媒� Duncan also told Ramzan.
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