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Author:  StuartW [ Wed Jan 28, 2026 12:39 am ]
Post subject:  Jail for Glasgow Uber who intimately touched very drunk teen

Missed this one last week, but this is the case referred to in all that stuff about the daftie Glasgow councillor :?


SICKO JAILED Predator Uber driver jailed for horror sex attack on ‘very drunk’ teenager in his taxi in Glasgow

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1 ... r-glasgow/

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AN UBER driver who intimately touched a drunk teenage girl in his taxi was jailed today for two years.

Dawitt Tessema, 46, preyed on the 19-year-old in Glasgow’s Woodlands on September 15 2023.

Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that the victim was picked up from Buff Club in the city centre at 2.40am.

The victim was sat behind the passenger seat and was described as “very drunk.”

Prosecutor Lauren Sangray told jurors in her closing speech: “Tessema parked outside a street.

“He put his hand through the centre console and tried to touch her on the body and leg but could not reach.

“He then went in the back of the car and touched her under her pants that were still on.

“The victim could not remember how the incident came to an end.”

Jurors heard that the teenager woke up the next day and felt “embarrassed.”

The victim told her flatmate about what happened before she made a complaint to Uber.

Before she made the complaint, Tessema texted his victim: “I’m really sorry, please forgive me, please, please.”

Tessema, of the city’s Carntyne, was then arrested.

He told officers: “I have to stop, I made a big mistake.”First offender Tessema was found guilty of the sexual assault.

Sheriff John McCormick said: “You accepted the trust of a passenger in your vehicle.

“There, you had a 19-year-old female who had drunk alcohol to excess.

“You took advantage of her in the confines of your taxi which was a gross breach of trust.”

Tessema was put on the sex offenders register for 10 years.

Author:  x-ray [ Wed Jan 28, 2026 11:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Jail for Glasgow Uber who intimately touched very drunk

[Missed this one last week, but this is the case referred to in all that stuff about the daftie Glasgow councillor :?]


You may have missed it Stuart but Sussex posted about it back in September and then again last week when he was sentenced.(Dawitt Tessema that is, not Sussex! :D )

Author:  StuartW [ Thu Jan 29, 2026 2:30 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Jail for Glasgow Uber who intimately touched very drunk

8-[ :oops:

Was short of time, and didn't read the piece Sussex posted - since he simply posted a link and stated what the sentence was, I assumed the piece was otherwise rehash.

And thought I'd searched on here for his name - doubt there's many occurences of either Dawitt or Tessema on here.

But I was obviously thinking of my Google search for his name as opposed to searching on here.

I promise to pay more attention next time :D

Author:  StuartW [ Mon Feb 02, 2026 4:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Jail for Glasgow Uber who intimately touched very drunk

And at least I didn't get the driver's age so badly wrong, like this headline in DM News...


Two-Month-Old Uber Driver Loses Licence After Sexual Assault in Glasgow

https://dmnews.co.uk/two-month-old-uber ... n-glasgow/


Seriously, though, pretty obvious what the headline is actually saying, but you'd think any normal person composing the headline would pick up on such an obvious clanger...

But Maybe Another Clue is the First-letter Capitalisation of the Whole Headline, Which is a US Publishing Trait Rather Than a UK Thing :-o

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