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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nLONDON: A UK judge refused bail to Indian lawyer Vijay Aggarwal accused of sexual assault and human trafficking<\/a> on Wednesday saying there was a major risk of him fleeing to avoid trial as he had no strong ties to the UK.Sasha Wass, representing Aggarwal at Southwark Crown Court, pleaded for bail saying Aggarwal is a \u201cman of outstanding reputation\u201d and \u201che is not a violent predator attacking women in streets.\u201d\u201cThe defendant is a 57 year-old practising lawyer hugely respected in India, well known and qualified in dealing with financial crime,\u201d Wass said.\u201cHis daughter has a 5% stake in her father\u2019s firm. Her father is the only person qualified to deal with white collar crime,\u201d Wass added.She proposed various bail conditions and put forward various large bail sureties amounting to a total of hundreds of thousands of pounds. These were from another lawyer Vijay Goel, a Mr Nayak, a Mr Kumar, Aggarwal\u2019s daughter and Aggarwal himself. \u201cHe is not going to give up a high profile career in India and go on the run\u2026He wants to clear his name,\u201d she said, arguing that even if Aggarwal fled to India, he would be immediately put into custody and remain there until his extradition to the UK was completed.\u201cIt is fanciful to say he would interfere with witnesses,\u201d she added. She also claimed he had various health conditions that would get better treatment in the community than at prison.Aggarwal is accused of sexually assaulting three women at a property in Mayfair who responded to job adverts for a PA between May and Aug, when he was in London on a business visa. On May 26 he asked one woman who came for a job interview if she had a boyfriend and went to the gym, touched her collarbone and tried to slide his hand down her chest, the court was told. On Aug 9 another woman was told Aggarwal was looking for \u201cmore than an assistant.\u201d He said he wanted to feel her, hugged her and lay her on the bed and said \u201cYou should know what type of job this is.\u201d He then kissed and sexually assaulted her on the bed, it is alleged.Extra charges of \u201cfacilitating travel for sexual exploitation\u201d – an offence under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 – and of possessing \u00a330k (38 lakh) as the \u201cproceeds of criminal conduct\u201d were on Wednesday added to the four counts of sexual assault that Aggarwal is charged with.The \u00a330k was found on Aug 11, the day he was arrested, it is alleged.Oliver Wellings, prosecuting, objected to bail, saying: \u201cHe appears to have made contact with some 500 people and a number of interviews were conducted. The Crown\u2019s case is he sexually assaulted at least two complainants and made sexual comments to three in highly organised systematic offending leading to grave offences against multiple complainants. Extradition from India is possible, but not certain and is a complex procedure and the Crown is concerned given the organised systematic nature of offending that he could obstruct the course of justice and interfere with witnesses if granted bail. He runs a law firm, has 30 lawyers working for him and has a partner so refusing bail has limited impact.\u201dHe said it was unclear \u201cwhat knowledge Vijay Goel had\u201d and so the Crown questioned if he was an \u201cappropriate surety\u201d and there were \u201cconcerns over Mr Nayak\u2019s role as chairman of a specialist flight leasing company in connection with the defendant\u2019s flight risks. No conditions can be attached to bail to allay the Crown\u2019s fears,\u201d Wellings said.Judge Alexander Milne said he did not dispute that Aggarwal had a successful and large business in India and is \u201capparently highly respected there\u201d but said: \u201cOn the face of the evidence what is suggested is Aggarwal used a recruiting campaign as a sham to draw in people being offered as they understood it a job as a PA only to find that what was being sought was someone who would be sexually pliant to Aggarwal\u2019s wishes. It reflects activity over a period of months and, on the face of it, was a deeply disturbing planned and sinister attempt to draw young women into a position where they had no choice but to comply with his sexual wishes. This suggests a man prepared to abuse status as a senior and experienced lawyer with money and power to pursue his own ends.\u201dRefusing bail, Milne pointed out Aggarwal had no strong ties to the UK as his family, business and life are in India and took into account the \u201cthe serious nature of the allegations.\u201dHe was not persuaded it would be easy to extradite Aggarwal from India, if he fled there, saying it was \u201ccommon knowledge there are many backlogs of cases in India and cases can take a lengthy period to reach court.\u201dAggarwal, an Indian citizen, appeared in the dock from Wandsworth prison in a grey tracksuit. His co-defendant Manpreet Kaur, who is at Bronzefield prison, did not appear on Wednesday. A plea hearing for both of them will take place later this year and a trial is scheduled for March 2027.<\/div>\n LONDON: A UK judge refused bail to Indian lawyer Vijay Aggarwal accused of sexual assault and human trafficking on Wednesday saying there was a major risk of him fleeing to avoid trial as he had no strong ties to the UK.Sasha Wass, representing Aggarwal at Southwark Crown Court, pleaded for bail saying Aggarwal is a 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