Doctor accused of filming, assaulting minors gets at least 35 years in prison

By Max Bryan, mbryan@detroitnews.com

The Rochester Hills physician who has pleaded no contest to 31 fees of sexual misconduct will spend at the very least 35 years in jail.

Dr. Oumair Aejaz declined in October to battle fees accusing him of secretly recording a number of kids and at the very least two adults within the locker rooms of an area swimming faculty and sexually assaulting a six-year-old lady whereas recording himself.

In his indictment, he confronted the potential for life in jail on two counts of first-degree prison sexual conduct.

On Tuesday, Oakland County Circuit Decide Martha Anderson sentenced Aejaz to jail for every cost filed in opposition to him in two prison instances associated to his actions. He’ll spend 35 to 60 years as a result of the fees will run concurrently.

Earlier than studying the sentence, Anderson referred to as Aejaz’s actions “deplorable.”

“You’re a predator, you’re a narcissist, you’re a sadist,” Anderson advised Aejaz. “It’s incomprehensible to me that an individual can stoop to this stage.”

Aejaz made no remark through the sentencing, apart from to elucidate this to his lawyer.

Prosecutors filed fees in opposition to Aejaz after the suspect’s spouse advised police in August 2024 that he had secretly taken her, their two kids and feminine relations into their residence. She additionally mentioned she discovered movies of individuals undressing at Goldfish Swim College in Rochester Hills.

When police searched Aejaz’s telephone, they discovered movies of him sexually assaulting the lady, in line with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Workplace.

The workplace mentioned in August 2024 that the case in opposition to Aejaz was “the tip of the iceberg” – they believed on the time that there might be tons of of different potential victims.

4 victims, all girls, testified in opposition to Aejaz Tuesday morning earlier than he was sentenced. Two mentioned that they had been identified with PTSD since studying of his actions.

Madison Lucido advised Decide Anderson that she had issue remembering a time in her life when she was carefree since studying of Aejaz’s actions. Lucido mentioned she felt like she was dying, had bother sleeping and felt “actually blessed” that she might solely cry as soon as a day.

Lucido additionally mentioned she is now afraid to make use of public restrooms. “I am fortunate I did not get any bladder infections,” she mentioned.

Morgan Dean, who filmed Aejaz together with her little one, mentioned she feared folks have been peeking by way of her home windows after studying of his actions.

Throughout her testimony, Dean repeatedly demanded that Aejaz look her within the eyes. He did not.

“You’re a waste of the air I breathe,” Dean mentioned, including that she hopes Aejaz is handled “like an object” by different males in jail.

Dean mentioned she was happy with Decide Anderson’s conviction.

“She completely sat there and completely repeated all the things we mentioned and made us really feel like each phrase we spoke, she heard, and he or she made certain he heard it once more,” Dean mentioned.