Sima Kotecha was born in Basingstoke and attended Richard Aldworth School Her parents are of Indian origin.
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Sima Kotecha went to Surrey University in Guildford and Goldsmiths College, University of London to study for her master's degree in media and communications.
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Sima Kotecha worked for Talking Movies and BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat as their New York reporter from 2005 to 2010.
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Sima Kotecha later worked for the PM programme on Radio 4 and as a multimedia reporter for the same network's Today programme.
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In January 2017, Sima Kotecha became the Midlands Correspondent of BBC News appearing regularly on television bulletins.
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Sima Kotecha has reported from Helmand Province in the conflict in Afghanistan while embedded with US Marines in Garmsiron for two weeks in December 2009.
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Sima Kotecha covered the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the Syrian refugee crisis.
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Sima Kotecha covered the 2008 US presidential election, and the Oscars on multiple occasions.
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Sima Kotecha's plea was accepted by Judge William Harbage QC and the Crown Prosecution Service.
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Sima Kotecha was reported as saying she did not wish the racially-aggravated charge to go to trial.
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On 27 January 2022 Sima Kotecha tweeted a photo of an email from Josie Stewart, a civil servant at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, which inadvertently included Stewart's name.