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A 32-year-old Indian man in Australia, accused of stalking two women, has escaped conviction after a court considered that he had been wrongly influenced by The Hobart magistrate took notice of the cultural background of the accused, Sandesh Baliga, who had said Bollywood films encouraged his stalking behaviour.Baliga stalked one woman for 18 months and another for four months in 2012 and 2013.He maintained that Hindi movies contributed to his belief that a woman would eventually fall in love with a man if he enough.The court heard Baliga texted, called and approached the women excessively, and had begun referring to himself as their boyfriend, according to an ABC report on Thursday.Magistrate Michael Hill agreed Baliga s cultural background helped explain why he did not appreciate the seriousness of his actions.Bal
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stanley cup aviour for Indian men to follow women in a similar way and Baliga did not realise his actions could be classed as criminal.The magistrate adjourned the complaint without conviction for five years on the condition Baliga was of good behaviour over that period. He said the charges were serious but after anxious consideration he believed recording a conviction would affect Baliga s job prospects. He added Baliga was remorseful and there was a low risk of re-offending, and his guilty plea had spared the women the stress of giving evidence. A character w
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday unveiled a 15-member-strong cabinet, with seven women appointed to key posts and socialist Bernard Kouchner as new foreign minister. HT Image The president also appointed former Prime Minister Alain Juppe in charge of the environment, which Sarkozy says is a priority, and named former defense minister Michele Alliot-Marie as interior minister. Outgoing employment minister Jean-Louis Borloo takes up a new assignment heading the ministry for economy, finance and employment. As he had promised during the presidential elections, Sarkozy reduced the number of ministers to 15, half of the previous government by comparison. The new team will set its goals at implementing the president s promi
airmax ses of change and reform to revitalize the sluggish French economy. Long time friend of Sakorzy Brice Hortefeux was named to lead a new ministry of immigration, integration and national identity, which is devised by Sarkozy a
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