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Woman fled Hull private-hire driver after sexual assault in front of car


AN OFF-duty private-hire driver sexually assaulted a woman in his cab after picking her up in the street.

Former Welly Club doorman Masoud Rahimi preyed on the 20-year-old as she walked along Ferensway, Hull city centre, from the nightclub.

He sexually assaulted her, making inappropriate remarks and stroking her leg after she got into the front passenger seat.

A jury at Hull Crown Court took five hours to unanimously convict him of sexual assault.

Rahimi, 37, was caught after CCTV footage showed him pulling up in front of the girl in his blue Nissan Primera and offering his services for hire, which he was prevented from doing by his private hire licence.

Detective Sergeant Sam Crompton, from Hull CID said:: "This should serve as a warning to those who abuse their powers as a taxi driver or those who unlawfully use their vehicles for the purpose of taxiing."

The court heard Rahimi, of Berkshire Street, east Hull, told the girl she was "beautiful" before assaulting her.

The victim told the court: "I saw what I thought was a taxi pull up and I went over to it and asked to be taken home.

"I gave my address to the driver, my feet were hurting and it was the easy option.

"He placed his left hand on my leg and asked if I was cold.

"He kept his hand there and rubbed my leg from the ankle to the thigh. He asked if I shaved and said he could tell I did. I was shocked but kept quiet."

Despite her request to be taken to east Hull, Rahimi took her to west Hull and ended up in Asda petrol station in Hessle Road.

Once there, the girl escaped from his cab and ran for help.

She said: "I wanted to get out. Once he stopped at the petrol station I took my seat belt off and ran as fast as I could."

She rang her friend for help and reported what had happened to the police the next morning.

Iranian-born Rahimi, who has lived in Hull for eight years, denied it was him until the CCTV footage was shown to him, showing the girl fleeing from his car as he put petrol in his taxi.

Ordering a pre-sentence report, Judge James Sampson adjourned sentencing but said he would not be sending Rahimi to prison, although he has been ordered to sign the sex offenders register.

Rahimi was in his private hire cab at the time of the assault at 3.30am on May 6 but was not working at the time.

Rahimi, who volunteers as an interpreter at the Hull Asylum Seeker Support Group, has worked as a door supervisor for three years and had been working for Six 0 Cars at the time. The court heard he no longer works for the firm.

Private hire vehicles are banned from picking up fares that have not been booked.

Detective Sergeant Crompton said: "Humberside Police will continue to work with other agencies in brining offenders to justice.

"It is important to stress that incidents of this nature are extremely rare and taxis are still one of the safest ways of getting home following a night out.

"However, we would encourage lone females to sit at the rear of the taxi to reduce the risk of being targeted by a very small minority of offenders."

http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... story.html

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Another one for Leroy.

I fear that Leroy after finishing with Warboys and several hundred other UK lowlifes is going to be pretty much shagged out..

That's why we have batteries

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And I didn't think this tread could get any cruder !!!!

This is alarming though just how many of these cases are happening at this rate they are going to have to build a megaprison to hold all the ex PH/cabbies convicted of sex crimes

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Off-duty private-hire driver who assaulted woman in cab spared jail


AN OFF-duty private-hire driver who sexually assaulted a woman in his cab after picking her up in the street has been spared jail.

Former Welly Club doorman Masoud Rahimi preyed on the 20-year-old as she walked along Ferensway, Hull city centre, from the nightclub.

He sexually assaulted her, making inappropriate remarks and stroking her leg after she got into the front passenger seat.

A jury at Hull Crown Court took five hours to unanimously convict him of sexual assault.

Judge James Sampson, sitting at Nottingham Crown Court, has sentenced Rahimi to six months' imprisonment, suspended for two years. He was given a three-month curfew from 8pm to 6am and was ordered to sign the sex offenders register for seven years.

Rahimi, 37, was caught after CCTV footage showed him pulling up in front of the woman in his blue Nissan Primera and offering his services for hire, which he was prevented from doing by his private hire licence.

The court heard Rahimi, of Berkshire Street, east Hull, told the woman she was "beautiful" before assaulting her.

The victim had told the court: "I saw what I thought was a taxi pull up and I went over to it and asked to be taken home.

"I gave my address to the driver, my feet were hurting and it was the easy option.

"He placed his left hand on my leg and asked if I was cold. He kept his hand there and rubbed my leg from the ankle to the thigh. He asked if I shaved and said he could tell I did. I was shocked but kept quiet."

Despite her request to be taken to east Hull, Rahimi took her to west Hull and ended up in Asda petrol station in Hessle Road.

Once there, the girl escaped from his cab and ran for help.

She said: "I wanted to get out. Once he stopped at the petrol station, I took my seatbelt off and ran as fast as I could."

She rang her friend for help and reported the incident to the police the next morning.

Iranian-born Rahimi, who has lived in Hull for eight years, denied it was him until the CCTV footage was shown to him, showing the girl fleeing from his car as he put petrol in.

Rahimi was in his private hire cab at the time of the assault at 3.30am on May 6 but was not working at the time.

Rahimi, who volunteers as an interpreter at the Hull Asylum Seeker Support Group, has worked as a door supervisor for three years and had been working for a private hire firm at the time.

Private hire vehicles are banned from picking up fares that have not been booked.

http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... story.html

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WTF???

The weak judges that are not giving custodial sentences for these crimes are trivialising them and in turn discouraging the reporting of sexual assaults.

IMO this is all part of the diluting of standards in our society.

And Leroy will be well disappointed.

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Former taxi driver's sentence reduced for good behaviour


A TAXI driver who sexually assaulted a woman in his car after picking her up in the street will no longer be supervised because of the progress he has made in changing his behaviour.

Masoud Rahimi preyed on the 20-year-old woman as she walked along Ferensway, Hull city centre, from the nightclub.

He sexually assaulted her, making inappropriate remarks and stroking her leg after she got into the front passenger seat.

Rahimi, a former Welly Club doorman who operated as a private hire taxi driver, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, suspended for two years.

He was given a three-month curfew from 8pm to 6am, was ordered to sign the sex offenders register for seven years and was placed under two years' supervision by the Probation Service.

Now, the supervision order has been removed because of the progress he has made.

Hull Crown Court heard programmes he had attend through the Probation Service had helped him to "identify the risks and triggers" to his offending.

The honorary Recorder of Hull and the East Riding Judge Michael Mettyear told Rahimi: "Well done on the work that you have done.

"You seem to be doing very well and I will remove the remaining period of supervision."

However, the judge said the suspended sentence remained in force.

"You still need to be good and stay out of trouble or you will have to serve the suspended sentence," he said.

A jury at Hull Crown Court took five hours to unanimously convict Rahimi of sexual assault last June.

Rahimi, 37, was caught after CCTV footage showed him pulling up in front of the woman in his blue Nissan Primera and offering his services for hire, which he was prevented from doing by his private hire licence.

The court heard Rahimi, of Berkshire Street, east Hull, told the woman she was "beautiful" before assaulting her.

The victim had told the court: "I saw what I thought was a taxi pull up and I went over to it and asked to be taken home.

"I gave my address to the driver, my feet were hurting and it was the easy option."

After assaulting the woman, Rahimi took her to west Hull and ended up in Asda petrol station in Hessle Road despite her request to be taken to another part of the city.

Once there, the girl escaped from his cab and ran for help.

Iranian-born Rahimi, who has lived in Hull for eight years, denied it was him until the CCTV footage was shown to him, with the girl fleeing from his car as he put petrol in.

Rahimi was in his private hire cab at the time of the assault at 3.30am on May 6, last year but was not working at the time.

Rahimi, who volunteers as an interpreter at the Hull Asylum Seeker Support Group, has worked as a door supervisor for three years and had been working for a private hire firm at the time.

http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... story.html

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