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A Mountain House man convicted of being behind a 2021 rape in San Ramon is in custody in Contra Costa County and set to be sentenced early next month following a jury trial earlier in July.
Qais Faizi, 35, is currently at the Martinez Detention Facility after a weeks-long trial in county court that concluded on July 11, during which prosecutors from District Attorney Diana Becton’s office prevailed in their criminal case against him.
Faizi faced three felony counts for rape and related charges stemming from a 2021 assault on an intoxicated woman during a party in San Ramon, who came forward to local police and helped law enforcement agencies with evidence that led to his conviction in a prior gang rape in San Jose, the East Bay Times reported last week.
The women in both cases were intoxicated at the time of the assaults, a DA’s spokesperson told DanvilleSanRamon.
Faizi was sentenced to eight years in prison in January following a jury trial in the San Jose case that concluded in November, and could now spend up to 18 additional years behind bars for the San Ramon case.
The felony counts in the San Ramon case consist of forcible rape, rape of an unconscious person, rape of an intoxicated person and sexual penetration by foreign object.
A sentencing hearing is scheduled at the Martinez Courthouse on Aug. 2 at 8:30 a.m.
