Islamic teacher facing retrial on sex assault claims

An Islamic tutor accused of slipping his hand under a copy of the Quran and groping a 13-year-old girl’s thigh as she read from the holy book is facing a retrial. Wali Muhammed, 41, also touched the young girl’s bottom while teaching her at his home in upmarket Belgravia, central London in October 2014, it is said. Muhammed denies any physical contact with the girl and his wife Asia Bibi said he could not have done it because she would…