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PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:37 am 
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That *is* 'women', not 'woman' :?


Image of man sought following sexual assault in Islington

https://news.met.police.uk/news/image-o ... ton-433971

Officers investigating a sexual assault in Islington have released an image of a man they would like to speak to.

Police were called at 04:15hrs on Sunday, 25 July to reports that a woman had been sexually assaulted in the vicinity of Hornsey Street, N7.

Officers attended and established the woman, aged in her 20s, had been with a friend when they left a nightclub in Westminster at approximately 03:00hrs.

The pair got into a vehicle which they believed to have been a private hire vehicle that they had pre-booked before leaving the club.

They became suspicious when the driver began travelling in the opposite direction before offering them a drink. They refused and left the vehicle in Hornsey Street, N7.

As they exited the vehicle, the driver sexually assaulted the women before driving off towards Holloway Road. The victim called police to report the incident and officers attended the scene.

An investigation was launched and detectives carried out a number of enquiries, including reviewing ANPR data and recovering CCTV footage. They are now releasing an image of a man they would like to speak to.

Anyone who recognises the man in the image is asked to call police on 101 quoting CAD 1441/25Jul. To remain anonymous contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:38 am 
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As they exited the vehicle, the driver sexually assaulted the women...

Wonder how he managed that :?


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:10 pm 
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Quite a good picture.

Should lead to an arrest soon, hopefully.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2022 5:34 pm 
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Quite a good picture.

Should lead to an arrest soon, hopefully.

Indeed.

And they were already looking for him regarding an earlier rape.


A private hire driver has pleaded guilty to raping a woman in Croydon

https://news.met.police.uk/news/a-priva ... don-441475

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Appearing at Croydon Crown Court on Wednesday, 26 January, Homayon Ahmadi, 33 (02.04.88), of New Road, Uxbridge, also pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault.

He will be sentenced at the same court on Thursday, 3 March.

On 19 April 2021, a 41-year-old woman called police to say she had been picked up by a cab earlier that evening. During the journey, he pulled over in the car and raped her.

Detectives immediately launched an investigation and began extensive enquiries in an attempt to identify the suspect and the vehicle he was driving.

While the investigation was ongoing, a 21-year-old women called police on 25 July 2021, saying that she and a friend had been picked up by a cab in central London.

During the journey, the driver stopped off at an off licence and purchased whisky. He then offered the women the alcohol and asked that they come back to his house. The women felt threatened and attempted to get out of the car while on Hornsey Street, N7.

As they did so, Ahmadi grabbed both women and sexually assaulted them before driving away from the scene.

CCTV enquiries and analysis of mobile phone data led officers to identify a suspect buying whisky in a shop he had stopped at during the journey. A media appeal including an image from the CCTV was issued and in December 2021 Ahmadi was subsequently identified and arrested. Forensics linked him to the earlier rape.

In his police interview, Ahmadi denied all of the offences. A search of his car found a purple pencil case filled with condoms and baby oil in the glove compartment.

Detective Constable Natalie Alchin, who led the investigation, said: “Ahmadi is a dangerous and predatory offender who used his position as a private hire driver to target vulnerable women as they made their way home.

“The victims in this case showed great courage in coming forward to police. They have played a vital part in his conviction and we hope that this case encourages other women who have been subject to sexual offences to come forward.

“There may be other victims of Ahmadi who until now have not spoken to police. If you believe this is you, please contact us on 101. We have specialist officers who will support you.

“Alternatively you can contact Crimestoppers completely anonymously on 0800 555 111.”


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2022 5:35 pm 
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While the investigation was ongoing, a 21-year-old women called police on 25 July 2021, saying that she and a friend had been picked up by a cab in central London.

During the journey, the driver stopped off at an off licence and purchased whisky. He then offered the women the alcohol and asked that they come back to his house. The women felt threatened and attempted to get out of the car while on Hornsey Street, N7.

I wonder if he might have gotten away with the first rape if he hadn't struck again and the CCTV and phone data led to his arrest, and then forensics linked him to the first attack?


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2022 7:58 pm 
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I wonder if he might have gotten away with the first rape if he hadn't struck again and the CCTV and phone data led to his arrest, and then forensics linked him to the first attack?

Quite possibly, if indeed that was the first one.

But these offences are very rarely a one and done. :sad:

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 1:44 am 
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Saw a version of this in the Metro, which was confusing. It made it sound like the court process had just happened. I wondered if there had maybe been a retrial, or similar, but read this version closely and it says he pleaded guilty 'last January', and has only just been sentenced.


Sick taxi driver raped passenger, sexually assaulted two students and kept baby oil plus condoms in his car

https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-lo ... r-26489921

Homayon Ahmadi raped a woman after collecting her from hospital while she was only wearing slippers

A sexual predator who used his position as a taxi driver to rape and sexually assault vulnerable women has been jailed. Homayon Ahmadi, 34, picked up his first victim from a hospital and then raped her in his car after insisting she pay for the journey through sexual intercourse.

Just a few months later, he sexually assaulted two young women after collecting them from Heaven nightclub in Central London. After buying them alcohol and insisting that one of them sit in the front seat, they refused and he sexually assaulted them at the roadside in Holloway.

Upon his arrest, his car was searched and police discovered baby oil and condoms in the glove department. Ahmadi, of New Road, Uxbridge, pleaded guilty last January to one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault and has now been jailed for 13 years with an additional extended licence of seven years.

Croydon Crown Court heard that on April 19, 2021, his first victim had been in hospital and was in a vulnerable state. She was discharged at 10.20pm and was seen on CCTV still wearing hospital slippers when she left to order a taxi.

Alisdair Smith, prosecuting, said: “She approached this defendant in a car and he was, the prosecution say, acting officially as a taxi or at least purported to be one and on that basis she went with him. She was soon aware that she had no way to pay and said her partner at home would pay upon their arrival. The defendant’s demand was that she have sex with him.”

Ahmadi then pulled into a garage in Croydon and held the woman down while raping her. The woman was later seen in a “distressed state” in the road after she had been dropped off and police were called. She was subject to a medical examination and Ahmadi’s semen was found on her underwear, however he was not known to the police at the time as he had no previous convictions.

In a victim impact statement, the woman said she constantly suffers flashbacks and “paralysing fear”, adding: “The rape has had a major impact on my life and I am constantly afraid and am no longer able to focus on my studies.”

Three months later on July 25, two students attended Heaven nightclub on Villiers Street and ordered an Uber during the early hours to travel back to Greenwich. Shortly after booking a hire car, the victim’s phone battery died and the two friends began asking drivers if they had the booking in their name.

Ahmadi falsely claimed he was their driver and the two got into his taxi. A short while later, the victims realised that they were not travelling in the right direction, with Ahmadi stopping outside an off licence in Islington and purchasing Jameson's and Fanta. He offered them a drink, suggested they went back to his place and told them they were “boring” when they refused.

While on Hornsey Street, he pulled over and insisted one of the women sit in the passenger seat. The two victims attempted to get out of the car and leave, at which point Ahmadi sexually assaulted the first victim, while her friend attempted to stop him.

He proceeded to sexually assault the second woman before jumping back into his car and driving off. The incident was reported to the police immediately but as the women were unable to identify the off licence, police were limited with the extent of the investigation.

However in October, Ahmadi was arrested on suspicion of drink driving and was later connected to the two attacks. During his interviews, he answered no comment but claimed that sex had been consensual, before later pleading guilty to the three charges.

The court heard Ahmadi had moved to the UK from Afghanistan in 2010 to study finance and had been granted asylum. His wife had been killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul alongside 40 others, which had led him to develop depression, PTSD and alcohol issues.

Speaking of the impact his actions had on the women, Judge Elizabeth Lowe said: “Women are entitled to go out if they want to, they are entitled to drink alcohol, they are entitled to get drunk, they are entitled to walk alone and they are entitled to do all of those things without fear of being sexually assaulted or raped by men like you." She continued: “Everyone should appreciate, the only person to blame for those nights is you and the impact on these brave women is you.”

Labelling his behaviour "predatory and exploitative", he was jailed for 13 years with an extended licence period of seven years. He was also made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and a restraining order, preventing him from contacting any of his victims. Upon his release, he is prohibited for applying for a licence or acting as a taxi driver.


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PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 1:45 am 
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This is part of the official Met release, which is maybe the source of the confusion. It says he appeared and was convicted on 26 January, but what it doesn't say is that it was 2022 :-o

So not clear why it's taken so long to sentence him. The Met release last year said he'd be sentenced on 3 March 2022. Not sure either if it's wholly accurate to say he was convicted in court if he pleaded guilty :?


Private hire driver jailed for rape

https://news.met.police.uk/news/private ... ape-463754

A private hire driver has been jailed after pleading guilty to raping a woman in Croydon.

Homayon Ahmadi, 23 (02.04.98), of New Road, Uxbridge, appeared at Croydon Crown Court on Wednesday, 26 January where he was convicted of one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault.

On Thursday, 16 March at the same court he was sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment with a further seven years on license.


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PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 12:28 pm 
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well he might now learn what it's like to be a victim of rape !

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 8:24 pm 
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It never takes a year from verdict to sentence.

Think the press or press release has got their timings wrong.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:24 am 
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Sussex, the Met press release is dated 16 March 2023. And the several online press reports have all appeared in the last 24 hours or so.

They're generally saying the conviction hearing took place on 26 January, which is consistent with the Met press release, but they're not saying it was 26 January last year. This one in the Evening Standard, for example:

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/d ... 68141.html

But the Met release says it was Wednesday 26 January, which was in 2022; 26 January was Thursday this year.

Yesterday's My London report does say the original hearing took place 'last January':

Yesterday, My London wrote:
Ahmadi, of New Road, Uxbridge, pleaded guilty last January to one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault and has now been jailed for 13 years with an additional extended licence of seven years.

And the Met release says the sentencing hearing was on Thursday 16 March, and that must be 2023.

So either it has taken 14 months to sentence him, or the Met is playing silly beggars and issued a news release with inaccurate dates on it.


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:52 am 
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Very strange.

The original article doesn’t say he was remanded in custody, so maybe he done a bunk.

But that fact the new dates are very similar to the old dates does make me doubt that.

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