Australian authorities explore options in Indian doctor case
8 May 2013 8:02 AM IST
Australian immigration authorities are looking at options after an Indian-origin doctor, convicted of sexually assaulting a patient, escaped deportation, local media reported Tuesday.
Suhail Durani, 36, walked free from an immigration detention centre in Western Australia state after the Administrative Appeals Tribunal ruled in his favour during a hearing.
Durani, who was facing deportation, had filed an appeal to escape being sent back to India.
The tribunal took into account the emotional stress that his wife and four-year-old son would have to undergo if he was to be deported before delivering its verdict.
Durani was found guilty of five charges of assaulting a 20-year-old patient Feb 20, 2010, at the Royal Perth Hospital and was convicted.
He was brought to the immigration detention centre in February this year and kept there after he served 18 months in Casuarune prison, south of Perth. Australian immigration authorities say that they are still looking at options if they can appeal.
According to an immigration department spokesperson, it is looking at options if there has been an error in law.
Suhail Durani, 36, walked free from an immigration detention centre in Western Australia state after the Administrative Appeals Tribunal ruled in his favour during a hearing.
Durani, who was facing deportation, had filed an appeal to escape being sent back to India.
The tribunal took into account the emotional stress that his wife and four-year-old son would have to undergo if he was to be deported before delivering its verdict.
Durani was found guilty of five charges of assaulting a 20-year-old patient Feb 20, 2010, at the Royal Perth Hospital and was convicted.
He was brought to the immigration detention centre in February this year and kept there after he served 18 months in Casuarune prison, south of Perth. Australian immigration authorities say that they are still looking at options if they can appeal.
According to an immigration department spokesperson, it is looking at options if there has been an error in law.
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