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the drivers are vetted by the Criminal Record Bureau and if they have any convictions, serious or not serious, they are not allowed to get their taxi licences.
That's a brave statement considering it isn't true
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| Author: | captain cab [ Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Woman jailed for false rape claim |
Woman jailed for false rape claim A 23-year-old woman has been jailed after falsely claiming she had been raped by a taxi driver in a bid to obtain £10,000 from him. Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday how the cabbie acted as a Good Samaritan when Shabnam Masood flagged down his vehicle in September 2007 and told him she had been assaulted by her boyfriend. She was jailed for six months after the court heard she intended to ask the driver, Mohammed Taj, to pay up £10,000 to avoid a court case. Prosecutor Michelle Colborne said the taxi driver arranged for the woman to be put up at a hotel in Bradford after she claimed to be hungry and homeless and they later had consensual sex. But the next day Masood phoned the police and alleged that she had been abducted by two men. She claimed she had been blind-folded, tied up and taken to an unknown location in a car where she was raped by one of the men. The taxi driver was arrested, interviewed and subjected to an intimate medical examination. But Miss Colborne said CCTV footage of Masood’s movements showed her behaving in a carefree manner until the police arrived. “On sight of the police she throws herself to the ground and demonstrates the persona of a victim,’’ said Miss Colborne. Masood, of Brompton Road, Bradford, pleaded guilty last month to a charge of perverting the course of justice and Judge Roger Scott said it was clear that the false rape claim had been designed to get £10,000 from the alleged attacker. He told her: “I shall deal with you on the basis that £10,000 was what was envisaged by you as the end result”. She now faces deportation as an overstayer in this country. ‘’The end result was that he (the alleged rapist) would not go to court, but you would receive £10,000 to share between you and your partner.” Masood’s lawyer, Assumpta O’Rourke, described her as a vulnerable individual who was easily manipulated. She said: “Miss Masood fully accepts her wrong-doing.’’ Sakhawat Hussain, chairman of the Bradford Private Hire Association, said later: “All the drivers are vetted by the Criminal Record Bureau and if they have any convictions, serious or not serious, they are not allowed to get their taxi licences. “When something like this comes out it gives the driver a bad name, his family and all the rest of the members a bad name – it puts a black scar on the person’s life.” Barbara Siedlecki, manager of Star (Surviving Trauma After Rape), said: “A malicious false allegation is very detrimental and I think it stops people coming forward. “If people are reading that these allegations are false and someone gets six months, it leads them not to report any incidents.” |
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| Author: | Stationtone [ Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:32 pm ] |
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That is a scary story it could happen to any driver.then again the moral of the story is don't sleep with any of your fares. |
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| Author: | toots [ Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:05 pm ] |
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Quote: the drivers are vetted by the Criminal Record Bureau and if they have any convictions, serious or not serious, they are not allowed to get their taxi licences.
That's a brave statement considering it isn't true
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| Author: | captain cab [ Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:07 pm ] |
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toots wrote: That's a brave statement considering it isn't true Quite correct; the CRB should give the LA the basis of their decision, it doesnt make it for them. CC |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Woman jailed for false rape claim |
captain cab wrote: She was jailed for six months after the court heard she intended to ask the driver, Mohammed Taj, to pay up £10,000 to avoid a court case.
I wonder what the view of this forum would have been the day after the alleged incident, before the slag was found out to be lying. 
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| Author: | bloodnock [ Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Woman jailed for false rape claim |
Sussex wrote: captain cab wrote: She was jailed for six months after the court heard she intended to ask the driver, Mohammed Taj, to pay up £10,000 to avoid a court case. I wonder what the view of this forum would have been the day after the alleged incident, before the slag was found out to be lying. Impartial as always.... 
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| Author: | toots [ Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Woman jailed for false rape claim |
Sussex wrote: captain cab wrote: She was jailed for six months after the court heard she intended to ask the driver, Mohammed Taj, to pay up £10,000 to avoid a court case. I wonder what the view of this forum would have been the day after the alleged incident, before the slag was found out to be lying. The usual concerned comments followed by 'innocent til proven guilty'. It's quite a disgusting thing to do but she's not alone. All the more reason for you gentlemen not to put yourselves in bad situations if it can be avoided |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Woman jailed for false rape claim |
toots wrote: The usual concerned comments followed by 'innocent til proven guilty'. It's quite a disgusting thing to do but she's not alone. All the more reason for you gentlemen not to put yourselves in bad situations if it can be avoided Quite 
CC |
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| Author: | toots [ Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Woman jailed for false rape claim |
captain cab wrote: toots wrote: The usual concerned comments followed by 'innocent til proven guilty'. It's quite a disgusting thing to do but she's not alone. All the more reason for you gentlemen not to put yourselves in bad situations if it can be avoided Quite CC Watch that halo doesn't strangle you 
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| Author: | captain cab [ Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Woman jailed for false rape claim |
toots wrote: Watch that halo doesn't strangle you 
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| Author: | Nigel [ Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:25 am ] |
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I could add to this story but I can't. |
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| Author: | toots [ Sun Feb 22, 2009 4:28 pm ] |
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Nigel wrote: I could add to this story but I can't.
That's a contradiction. First you say you can then you say you can't. Make your mind up 
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| Author: | captain cab [ Sun Feb 22, 2009 4:30 pm ] |
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Nigel wrote: I could add to this story but I can't.
You can tell me about it on Wednesday
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| Author: | toots [ Sun Feb 22, 2009 4:41 pm ] |
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captain cab wrote: Nigel wrote: I could add to this story but I can't. You can tell me about it on Wednesday And will you tell us about it on Thursday
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| Author: | captain cab [ Sun Feb 22, 2009 4:46 pm ] |
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toots wrote: And will you tell us about it on Thursday If I do things properly on Wednesday....I might not see Thursday 
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