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Author:  captain cab [ Wed Nov 04, 2015 11:30 pm ]
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Uber driver who told female passenger 'I want to have sex with you' before sexually assaulting her in the back of his car is jailed

Samson Haile, 32, touched the woman's legs and said he wanted to have sex with her while driving her home from a pub in west London

An Uber driver sexually assaulted a female customer in the back of his taxi.

Samson Haile, 32, touched the woman's legs and said he wanted to have sex with her while driving her home from a pub in west London.

She had been out for dinner with her boyfriend, before going to a friend's leaving drinks.

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, needed to be up early the next day so ordered a taxi on the Uber app to be picked up at 10.40pm.

During the journey she said Haile said to her 'you are very pretty' and asked her if she had a boyfriend, before saying 'I want to have sex with you'.

The victim said he kept repeating himself before they stopped at some traffic lights.

He then turned round in his seat and touched her leg with his hand, before moving it up to her thigh.

He drove on, and minutes later touched her again on the knee at which point she screamed to be let out of the car.

In a statement read out at Isleworth Crown Court today the victim, in her 20s, said: 'Since it first happened I was so upset and shocked, I couldn't sleep.

'It got so bad I had to take a week off work as I suffered from repeated flashbacks relating to the incident.

'I feel helpless, isolated and vulnerable, and the incident has made me lonely.. I now don't like being in a vehicle with a man I don't know.

'It has changed my life and it was the most horrifying experience I have ever had.

'I had to move since the cab journey because I was so worried the man knew where I lived. I was constantly checking outside my house in case he was there.

'It was the worst experience of my life and I relive it every day. Even though I got away from the man that did this, I am haunted by the "what if?" scenarios.'

During the trial the prosecution called another female witness, an off duty police officer, who was also driven home by Haile, just two hours after the sexual assault.

She told the court he made similar comments and asked her if she was married, before telling her 'I want to sleep in your bed'.

The officer made a note of the journey in the police log when she went back on duty.

Eritrean refugee Haile, who described himself as a devout Christian who did not believe in sex before marriage, denied the offence at his trial.

He claimed he did not remember the journey with the woman and that he wouldn't act in that way.

The court also heard he has a degree in financial mathematics and came to the UK in 2006.

Defence barrister Zarif Khan argued a suspended sentence would be appropriate as a term to allow Haile's rehabilitation.

However, this was dismissed by Judge Recorder Sarah Buckingham who said 'the first priority of the courts is to protect the public'.

In sentencing the judge said: 'You are a 32-year-old man and you have been convicted at trial of one offence of sexual assault that took place on February 27 this year.

'On that date you had been employed as a self-employed Uber taxi driver for three weeks. But on that evening your conduct fell far below that expected of a taxi driver.

'It is important that the people that use the services of Uber, and other taxi services, can be sure the taxi driver coming to collect them can be trusted.

'You and your actions have let all taxi drivers down and you undermined that trust.'

She said the ordeal must have been 'terrifying' for the victim and after she ran away from the cab Haile 'must have known what he had done'.

She said: 'This is not the most serious sexual assault these courts have to deal with, but in these circumstance, with the victim being alone and vulnerable, it is extremely serious.'

She concluded he carried out the offence for 'sexual gratification' but said his cultural background may have been a factor.

However, she said his behaviour was 'wholly unacceptable' and there was a 'risk of reoffending'.

Haile, of Brentford, was jailed for eight months and ordered to sign the sex offenders register for ten years.

The judge also issued a sexual harm order which will mean once released he can never be any sort of taxi driver again.

Uber were approached for a comment but a spokeswoman for the company said: 'it wouldn't be appropriate for us to comment.'

'This was an ex-Uber partner who was not operating on the platform when this incident occurred.'

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, need to be up early the next day so ordered a taxi on the Uber app to be picked up at 10.40pm

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, need to be up early the next day so ordered a taxi on the Uber app to be picked up at 10.40pm

Following the conviction London's black cabbies called for tighter regulations.

Richard Massett, chairman of the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association (LTDA) said: 'This not the first time we have heard about incidents of this nature and we welcome the fact it has been dealt with by the courts.

'The association have seen a number of allegations on social media from Uber passengers of inappropriate behaviour and sexual assault from Uber drivers.

'We believe regulations need to be tightened up and looked at again by the authorities, and there needs to be proper background checks of drivers.'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z3qZ3xbGmV
Author:  toots [ Wed Nov 04, 2015 11:49 pm ]
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Perhaps this driver was passed as fit and proper by the same over worked TFL employee that granted a licence on a jigger :roll:
Author:  Midlife martyr [ Thu Nov 05, 2015 12:10 am ]
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Uber were approached for a comment but a spokeswoman for the company said: 'it wouldn't be appropriate for us to comment.'

'This was an ex-Uber partner who was not operating on the platform when this incident occurred.'

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, need to be up early the next day so ordered a taxi on the Uber app to be picked up at 10.40pm

Somebody is not being honest it seems to me
Author:  toots [ Thu Nov 05, 2015 12:20 am ]
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Midlife martyr wrote:
Uber were approached for a comment but a spokeswoman for the company said: 'it wouldn't be appropriate for us to comment.'

'This was an ex-Uber partner who was not operating on the platform when this incident occurred.'

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, need to be up early the next day so ordered a taxi on the Uber app to be picked up at 10.40pm

Somebody is not being honest it seems to me


It's probably just crap reporting and even worse proof reading :lol:
Author:  grandad [ Thu Nov 05, 2015 6:21 am ]
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captain cab wrote:

'On that date you had been employed as a self-employed Uber taxi driver for three weeks.

The judge seems to think he worked for UBER on the day. Now was he employed or self employed??? :roll:
Author:  captain cab [ Thu Nov 05, 2015 9:44 am ]
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More on this - note Ubers statement -

Predatory Uber driver sexually assaulted young woman in west London

An Uber driver sexually assaulted a ‘vulnerable’ young woman travelling alone in his car in west London, telling the 26-year-old victim he wanted to have sex with her and ‘touching’ her as he drove.

Samson Haile, 32, started talking about sex the moment the victim got into his Uber in Ladbroke Grove.

Haile, of Lionel Road North, Brentford, then explicitly told the 26-year-old he wanted to have sex with her at which point she asked to leave the car.

The predator then refused, continued to drive and ‘began to touch her’.

After managing to escape, the victim went to the police and told them what happened.

Later that same February night the Uber driver picked up a female off-duty police officer and also told her he wanted to have sex. The officer filed an information report about Haile the following day and it was linked to the young woman’s statement about the sex attack she endured, leading to Haile being identified and arrested.

Investigating officer DC Carly Driscoll said: “Of particular concern was the rapid escalation in the behaviour of Samson Haile. He went from talking about sex to actually touching a lone, vulnerable female in a very short space of time.

“I would like to praise the victim for having the confidence and courage to report her ordeal to police.”

Jurors at Isleworth Crown Court in west London found Haile guilty of sexual assault and he was jailed for eight months yesterday.

Haile was also made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order, which will prohibits him from working as a private hire driver or applying to be a private hire driver in England or Wales, a Metropolitan Police spokesman said.

In a statement released today Uber welcomed the conviction.

An Uber spokesman said: “This was a terrible incident and we welcome today’s conviction. As soon as we heard what happened the driver was immediately stopped from using our service and we worked closely with the Metropolitan Police to ensure he was brought to justice.

“The individual had recently passed the same enhanced criminal record checks that all private hire and taxi drivers in London go through as part of Transport for London’s licensing process.”



source: http://www.london24.com/
Author:  edders23 [ Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:05 am ]
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Midlife martyr wrote:
Uber were approached for a comment but a spokeswoman for the company said: 'it wouldn't be appropriate for us to comment.'

'This was an ex-Uber partner who was not operating on the platform when this incident occurred.'

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, need to be up early the next day so ordered a taxi on the Uber app to be picked up at 10.40pm

Somebody is not being honest it seems to me



REALLY

"The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, needed to be up early the next day so ordered a taxi on the Uber app to be picked up at 10.40pm."
Author:  captain cab [ Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:19 am ]
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edders23 wrote:


REALLY

"The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, needed to be up early the next day so ordered a taxi on the Uber app to be picked up at 10.40pm."


Well spotted that man =D>
Author:  Midlife martyr [ Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:34 am ]
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What value do criminal. Record checks have if the individual comes from a country where it's not possible to check what they may or may not have done, in these circumstances they should have to have to be resident here for 10 years to prove they are of good character before they are considered for any job where they could be in a position to exploit the vulnerable.

Why do Uber insist on calling people who drive for them partners, I thought partners had some input into how a business was ran.
Author:  grandad [ Thu Nov 05, 2015 1:59 pm ]
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Midlife martyr wrote:

Why do Uber insist on calling people who drive for them partners.

So that the drivers feel important even when they, and everyone else, knows that they are the bottom of the pile.
Author:  captain cab [ Thu Nov 05, 2015 2:02 pm ]
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grandad wrote:
So that the drivers feel important even when they, and everyone else, knows that they are the bottom of the pile.


in Asda they're 'colleagues' :lol:
Author:  grandad [ Thu Nov 05, 2015 2:04 pm ]
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captain cab wrote:
grandad wrote:
So that the drivers feel important even when they, and everyone else, knows that they are the bottom of the pile.


in Asda they're 'colleagues' :lol:

They can't quite be at the bottom of the pile then. At Mars, they are associates.
Author:  x-ray [ Thu Nov 05, 2015 3:07 pm ]
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[quote="Midlife martyr"]What value do criminal. Record checks have if the individual comes from a country where it's not possible to check what they may or may not have done, in these circumstances they should have to have to be resident here for 10 years to prove they are of good character before they are considered for any job where they could be in a position to exploit the vulnerable.


He's been here 9 yrs already.
Author:  trotskys twin [ Thu Nov 05, 2015 5:48 pm ]
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edders23 wrote:
I think that's 5 points to grandad !



SIEG HEIL
Author:  edders23 [ Thu Nov 05, 2015 5:51 pm ]
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trotskys twin wrote:
edders23 wrote:
I think that's 5 points to grandad !



SIEG HEIL



You are really struggling to restrain yourself aren't you !
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