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By DON MACPHERSON
macpherson.don@dailygleaner.com

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A third-year law student who admitted to harassing a woman has been ordered to leave New Brunswick.

Bashir Ahmed Khan, 31, formerly of 201-35 McKay Dr. previously pleaded guilty to a March 14 count of criminal harassment and an April 4 charge of breaching a no-contact order.

The Crown withdrew a charge of uttering threats.

The harassment charge stems from Khan's conduct in regards to a Fredericton woman.

She'd reported that he showed up at her residence in an intoxicated state March 14, but he left the area by the time the police arrived.

He showed up again hours later, in the early-morning hours of March 15, and again he was gone by the time police showed up.

He was later arrested and charged, but was released from custody on an undertaking, which he violated when he contacted the woman April 4.

Between the time of those two arrests, Khan also flew to the Toronto area to meet with the woman's uncle to discuss what he claimed was inappropriate behaviour on her part.

Judge Graydon Nicholas sentenced Khan to two years of probation Thursday.

Among the conditions of that probation order are that he's to leave New Brunswick by May 28 and that he must stay away from the province as well as Mississauga, Ont., for the duration of his probation.

Khan must also reside with one of his University of New Brunswick law professors at 100 Eagle Dr. in Hanwell until his departure and have no contact with the woman, a male friend of hers and the woman's family members in Pakistan.

He's also to stay away from the UNB convocation May 28 and must make a $300 donation to Women in Transition House.

Khan is bound for British Columbia, and the court heard that he'll be able to complete his law degree through UNB without having to return to Fredericton.