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A yoga teacher sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl while the teenager’s mother was in the class and on a mat about one metre away, a court has heard.
Chandra Bhoga, 47, is now in custody after his lawyer conceded jail was warranted for repeatedly groping the girl under her T-shirt and underwear across 30 minutes on July 31, 2018.
The mother and daughter did the early-morning class at Bhoga’s home in Tarneit after beginning sessions with him over the previous weeks, the County Court heard on Thursday.
When the girl told Bhoga she was having trouble breathing because of a cold, he instructed the mother to continue her movements and had the girl put her legs on his and moved his face close to hers, prosecutor Tania Bolton said.