Accused in human trafficking case pleads not guilty
LETHBRIDGE, AB – Pleas of not guilty have been entered for an Alberta man charged in connection to a human trafficking investigation.
In Lethbridge Provincial Court on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, the lawyer for Mahmoud Neirabani, 21, entered not guilty pleas on two counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count each of sexual contact with a child, sexual counselling of a child, sexual assault, sexual assault on a person under the age of 16, trafficking in persons, and two or more parties engaging in a sexual assault.
Neirabani has elected to have a judge-alone trial in Lethbridge Provincial Court.
The trial is expected to take three days, but dates have not been set yet.