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The Toronto judge who last week convicted a man of sexual assault in a ruling that sometimes sounded like a feminist screed now has unleashed a sneering rant about the man himself.

Ontario court Judge Marvin Zuker was hearing a motion Monday to have Mustafa Ururyar detained in custody pending his sentencing this fall.

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Zuker convicted him last Thursday of sexually assaulting another graduate student, 28-year-old Mandi Gray.

In the result, Zuker agreed with prosecutor Jennifer Lofft and ordered the 29-year-old to jail immediately but not before excoriating him and even appearing to mock his unfinished PhD.

Ururyar’s lawyer, Lisa Bristow, had been asking that her client remain on bail until sentencing, noting that he’d not missed a court appearance and had obeyed all his conditions throughout the more than a year between his arrest and the start of trial.

Where before Ururyar, who has no previous criminal record, had been free on his own recognizance, Bristow called his mother and girlfriend, both of whom were prepared to put up all they own to guarantee Ururyar would appear for his sentencing.