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Taxi driver cleared of sex attack on passenger


A taxi driver has been cleared of sexually assaulting a passenger.

Nadeem Khan, 40, wept in the dock as a jury at Hove Crown Court unanimously found him not guilty yesterday.

Mr Khan, a father-of-four, had picked a 22-year-old woman and her friends up from outside Occasions nightclub in Worthing on May 17 last year.

He drove them back to Burgess Hill but two got out in Hove after a row in the taxi.

Mr Khan, of Brittany Road, Worthing, said the woman, who cannot be named, was the last to be dropped off at her mother's home near the train station.

He said she went into the house to get the rest of the money for the £65 taxi fare because she did not have enough on her.

The jury was told that she told Mr Khan she would not have enough to buy things for her baby nephew the next day if she gave him the cash.

The woman said he then kissed and groped her despite her telling him to stop.

Mr Khan insisted she had hugged him and kissed him on the cheek after he agreed to let her pay the money the next day.

He told the jury: “I am a taxi driver, I would not do anything like that.

“If I had intended to do that I would not have done it outside her house.

“Her father, boyfriend or brother could have been there and come out.”

Raymond Terry, a taxi operator for Arrow Private Hire in Worthing, said he received two calls from Mr Khan about the incident just before 3am.

Mr Terry said: “In the second call he said she has got no money boss and is trying to hug me.

“He said to her to get off him.”

Mr Khan, who supports 14 Kashmiri orphans and helps to pay for their schooling, has no previous convictions or police cautions.

Judge David Rennie told Mr Khan after the verdict: “You are returned to your family and your job with your good name intact.”

source: http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/

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

If it's good enough for Judge Rennie, then it's good enough for me.

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IDFIMH

Maybe so.......I really feel for this guy, he must have been through hell thinking about the consequences.......she should be named and put on trial herself.

CC

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

There is a good argument for doing so.

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IDFIMH

Absolutely right CC. There are far too many assault/rape accusers who turn out to be lying, vindictive b*****ds, once the evidence is presented. Such scum should be pursued with the full force of the law, if there is enough evidence to do so...but there may lie the problem. The CPS seem to then apply different criteria as to what may be sufficient evidence as to proceed with a prosecution.

There would also be those speaking out about real victims not daring to report incidents if they felt they could end up being prosecuted. To them, I say b*****ks! Prosecutions would only take place where there was clear evidence of lying.

In the meantime, a very simple change in the law should take place. The person accused of the offence should be given the same anonymity as the victim, until/unless they are proved to be guilty, in which case, then they can be thrown to the wolves.

I think that implies there are lots of these accusations going to court, thankfully this is not the case, having said that I think just one case is one too many as this is a dreadful crime to be accused of.



Bearing in mind the amount of prosecutions that fail due to lack of evidence and those that don't even get as far as the court this is a real concern for genuine victims.



This I believe is a very fair way of dealing with things, but, you will still have the gossips who can't keep their mouths shut and the newspaper reporters who believe they have the right to report on anything and anybody regardless of the consequences. People are being named and shamed before there is any proof of wrong doing. Papers should be held responsible for some of the 'facts' they report.

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