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| Author: | thelodger [ Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Police spoke to Stockton man before rape |
A RAPIST minibus driver who attacked a passenger was spoken to by police just weeks before over another allegation, it has emerged. Married dad-of-four Khalile Maqsood, 31, is awaiting sentence after being convicted of rape at Teesside Crown Court last Thursday. The court heard how Maqsood, of Brookfield Road, Stockton, threatened his passenger, who cannot be named for legal reasons, with a knife before attacking her in the early hours of September 10 last year. He denied the rape but a jury delivered a unanimous guilty verdict. Following the court case, a young Teesside woman, who did not wish to be named, told of her despair that Maqsood was allowed to go on picking up female passengers after he allegedly held her prisoner in his car. The 23-year-old told how she and her friends were picked up by Maqsood in his minibus following a night out in the early hours of Sunday, July 31, last year. He drove them to her North Yorkshire home and she and her friends got out of the vehicle, however, as she did so, she dropped her key in the back. Following a heated discussion, the driver left but returned some time later. Thinking he had returned to let her look for her key, the young woman got into the vehicle. The woman described how the driver then drove away, speeding past her friends, who futilely tried to flag him down, before taking her on a “terrifying” 45-minute ride through deserted back roads. She said: “I had no idea what was going on. I was absolutely terrified. I just kept asking him to stop and let me out but he was silent. “I was training to do the Great North Run at the time so I even offered to give him £20 to let me out there and said I would run home. I didn’t have the £20 but it was just something to say to be honest. “Then he said ‘I’m not going to hurt you, I’m a married man. I’m not going to hurt you, I’m a religious man’. It was such a strange thing to say and it frightened me even more. I thought ‘this is it’.” Eventually the driver turned into a petrol station in Acklam, Middlesbrough, where he got out of the minibus. The woman then found her key. She said: “People will wonder why I didn’t just get out there. It’s easy to say in hindsight. I think I was in shock. I was so scared. I had no money and no phone on me, and all I could think about was getting home.” She said the driver then got back into the vehicle and drove her home. North Yorkshire Police confirmed it received a complaint from the woman and that Maqsood had “attended voluntarily” to be interviewed, however, no crime was deemed to have been committed. Royal Cars, who the self-employed driver was working for at the time, said if any complaints were received about drivers then “depending on the nature of the complaint” it would normally be investigated but declined to say what form the investigation would take. Managing director Nigel Weepers said: “We make it easy to make a complaint. This is why we run private hire - your call is recorded, we know which driver has picked you up and can track your journey.” While Maqsood was not driving a Hackney carriage - which can pick passengers up in the street without prior bookings - Secretary of Stockton Hackney Drivers’ Association Javid Khazir wanted to reassure people over the safety of getting into taxis. He said: “An incident like this can worry people but the public can feel 100% safe when they use a fully licensed Hackney cab. Our drivers are all fully licensed by the council and go through stringent checks. They will always carry photo ID.” http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teess ... -30546781/ |
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| Author: | Dusty Bin [ Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Police spoke to Stockton man before rape |
Quote: Royal Cars, who the self-employed driver was working for at the time, said if any complaints were received about drivers then “depending on the nature of the complaint” it would normally be investigated but declined to say what form the investigation would take. Managing director Nigel Weepers said: “We make it easy to make a complaint. This is why we run private hire - your call is recorded, we know which driver has picked you up and can track your journey.” Yes, I'm sure that's precisely why you operate private hire. Quote: While Maqsood was not driving a Hackney carriage - which can pick passengers up in the street without prior bookings - Secretary of Stockton Hackney Drivers’ Association Javid Khazir wanted to reassure people over the safety of getting into taxis. He said: “An incident like this can worry people but the public can feel 100% safe when they use a fully licensed Hackney cab. Our drivers are all fully licensed by the council and go through stringent checks. They will always carry photo ID.” Yes, I'm sure your HC passengers are 100% safe. Anyone else get the feeling that these guys are just bullshitting and more worried about having a go at the other side of the trade than the real issues here? |
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| Author: | thelodger [ Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Police spoke to Stockton man before rape |
Well as someone who is from the area. Royal cars has been effected by this, quite a lot of business has been lost, obvious to the benefit of others PH companies. PH is ultra competitive in our area. This guy who claims to be MD of Royal cars is a front man, the whole of Teesside and its nanny, knows who owns and controls Royal cars,this guy is not part of the Asian family who own and really run Royal cars. |
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| Author: | thelodger [ Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Police spoke to Stockton man before rape |
Oh and its a well asked question, When this no one, says this guy doesn't work for Royal Cars, who does work for them???? Sad fact is very few, if any drivers actually work for them, and they claim to have 300 cars on their books. I have been told that they actually own less than 10 cars, not sure if that is fact, but it wouldn't surprise me. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Police spoke to Stockton man before rape |
thelodger wrote: Oh and its a well asked question, When this no one, says this guy doesn't work for Royal Cars, who does work for them???? Sad fact is very few, if any drivers actually work for them, and they claim to have 300 cars on their books. I have been told that they actually own less than 10 cars, not sure if that is fact, but it wouldn't surprise me. I think we are all aware of the situation with that firm, it is beyond me how they manage it. CC |
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| Author: | Nidge2 [ Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Police spoke to Stockton man before rape |
captain cab wrote: thelodger wrote: Oh and its a well asked question, When this no one, says this guy doesn't work for Royal Cars, who does work for them???? Sad fact is very few, if any drivers actually work for them, and they claim to have 300 cars on their books. I have been told that they actually own less than 10 cars, not sure if that is fact, but it wouldn't surprise me. I think we are all aware of the situation with that firm, it is beyond me how they manage it. CC Weren't they the firm who stiched up the Mayor Ray Mallen when they recorded him?? |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Police spoke to Stockton man before rape |
Nidge2 wrote: Weren't they the firm who stiched up the Mayor Ray Mallen when they recorded him?? No that was a firm from Middlesborough, although this motley crew do appear to by quite shady. CC |
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| Author: | Dusty Bin [ Sat Mar 17, 2012 3:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Police spoke to Stockton man before rape |
thelodger wrote: Oh and its a well asked question, When this no one, says this guy doesn't work for Royal Cars, who does work for them???? The article says he worked for Royal at the time, on a self-employed basis. |
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| Author: | Dusty Bin [ Sat Mar 17, 2012 3:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Police spoke to Stockton man before rape |
captain cab wrote: thelodger wrote: Oh and its a well asked question, When this no one, says this guy doesn't work for Royal Cars, who does work for them???? Sad fact is very few, if any drivers actually work for them, and they claim to have 300 cars on their books. I have been told that they actually own less than 10 cars, not sure if that is fact, but it wouldn't surprise me. I think we are all aware of the situation with that firm, it is beyond me how they manage it. Manage what? And have they anything to do with the Berwick-licensed cars and the Fidler case? |
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