WARNING: The following contains details of sexual assault that may disturb some readers.

A Coquitlam medical esthetics practitioner has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term after being found guilty of sexually assaulting seven women during intimate clinical procedures.

On Sept. 16, 2025, Justice Lisa Warren of the B.C. Supreme Court sentenced 52-year-old Farshad Khojsteh Kashani following a jury’s verdict last year convicting him on seven counts of sexual assault.

Warren described Kashani’s crimes as a profound breach of trust that left lasting scars on each of his victims.

“Each of the complainants trusted Mr. Khojsteh Kashani,” Warren said in her ruling. “Each of the offences exploited the complainants’ physical and psychological vulnerability, a vulnerability that Mr. Khojsteh Ka

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