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A 22-year-old woman from Walthamstow was sexually assaulted as she was driven home by a man pretending to be a minicab driver



A 22-year-old woman was sexually assaulted as she was driven home by a man pretending to be a minicab driver.

Police say the victim was approached by a man next to a group of genuine cab drivers in Tottenham Court Road, central London, at around 5am on Saturday (September 1).

As the man drove the woman to her home in Walthamstow he assaulted her.

Police are investigating the exact location but believe it could have happened close to the end of the journey in Waltham Forest.

Kingsley Michaels, 28, of Hudson Road, Bexleyheath, has been charged with sexual assault in connection with the incident.

He was arrested on Saturday within hours of the assault happening.

A Met spokesman said: "Police are urging everyone to use a booked and licensed minicab, taxi, night bus or the Tube to get home.

"Book your minicab with a licensed minicab operator by phone, email or in a minicab office.

"Make sure the driver can confirm your name and destination before you get in the car, and check the driver’s photo I.D.

"Always sit in the back seat, and carry your mobile phone in case of an emergency.

"To find your nearest licensed minicab or taxi Text CAB to 60835 and you will receive a text with your two nearest licensed minicab numbers and one taxi (black cab) number. Text to 60835 is charged at 35p per enquiry plus standard text message rate"

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Is there such thing as a fake minicab driver?

This particular scumbag is a fake taxi driver.

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IDFIMH

No - he's a fake PH driver, unless being in London he was driving a real Taxi unless it too was fake by being unlicensed.

Of course that "Don't make a jot of difference" to the lady who was assaulted.

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Chris The Fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdlyi5mc ... re=related

I agree, but surely for someone to be a fake minicab driver they must have picked up a licensed minicab's job.

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IDFIMH

Or illegally plied....

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Chris The Fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdlyi5mc ... re=related

Then he is an illegal taxi.

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IDFIMH

Or a PH acting illegally.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-We4YHlTUQ

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Chris The Fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdlyi5mc ... re=related