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Fake Newcastle cabbie kidnapped young reveller before sexually abusing her




Businessman Mohammed Malik is facing years behind bars after he kidnapped and molested a 20-year-old who thought he was a taxi driver

Prowling the city centre in his black estate car, this is fake cabbie Mohammed Malik on the night he kidnapped and sexually abused a young reveller.

Stalking the streets looking for a victim, the businessman is caught on CCTV picking up a drunk 20-year-old who thought he was a taxi driver.

The victim got into Malik’s car near The Gate complex, on Newgate Street, and asked to be taken the short distance to the place in the city centre where she was staying with friends.

But instead Malik drove her to the West End of Newcastle, parked up in a secluded spot and subjected the terrified young woman to a sordid sex attack.

He was snared after three men who spotted the woman getting into the car noted down the registration number and texted it to police.

Now the 30-year-old, of Beaconsfield Street, Arthur’s Hill, Newcastle, is facing years in prison after a jury at Newcastle Crown Court convicted him of kidnap and sexual assault.

Prosecutor Julian Smith said the 20-year-old was a visitor to the city and had been out celebrating a birthday with friends in March when she started looking for a taxi around 4am.

Mr Smith said: “The complainant found herself drunk and alone, looking for a taxi to get her back to her friends.

“Unfortunately for her, the car she got into, believing it to be a taxi, is nothing of the sort.

“She found herself in the defendant’s car, who drove her to a secluded area to the west of the city, away from the city centre. He would not let her leave the car or take her to her friends or the place where she was staying.

“He took her away under false pretences, he would not let her leave and he then took the opportunity to seriously sexually assault her.”

The court heard the young woman and her friends had been to a number of bars, including Popworld, Kiss and Destiny.

They ended up in a takeaway near The Gate, at which point the 20-year-old left and went looking for a cab.

As she was a stranger to Newcastle, she didn’t realise she was only 200 yards from the place where her and her friends were staying.

She was unsuccessful in trying to hail a taxi outside Sinner’s bar and so started walking towards the Haymarket, up Newgate Street.

Mr Smith said: “At that point the defendant’s car comes into view driving down the road away from the Haymarket and it stops in the layby taxi rank outside Debenham’s.

“She approaches him and speaks to him them gets in the car.”

Malik, who manages a number of properties, including a takeaway, drove off with the woman in his VW Golf estate.

Three men passing by saw the woman getting into the car, which they noticed was not a taxi.

They made a note of the registration number and texted it to police. This would ultimately help nail Malik but could not stop the attack.

The pervert drove up Elswick Road with the kidnapped woman, parking up in a secluded spot on Bentinck Road, Elswick.

Despite her screams of “No”, he pulled her into the back seat by her arms and legs and subjected her to a sexual assault.

Mr Smith said: “He would have known she was lost because she told him she was not from round here.

“She was trusting him, believing him to be a taxi driver.

“It lasted some time and eventually, despite having no clue where she was, she told him he made her sick and had the courage to leave the car.

“She rang her friends as she ran away, she was in great distress.

“Fortunately she met two drunken Good Samaritans who stayed with her.”

Malik then reappeared in his car, acting as if nothing had happened and asking if she was going to get back in. She refused and the passers-by flagged down a genuine taxi to take her back into town to her friends.

Police were called and when the woman was examined they found bruising to her arms and legs.

Malik was arrested later the same day as a result of his number plate having been sent to the police.

His DNA was also recovered from the victim’s clothing.

Malik, who had denied kidnap and sexual assault, will be sentenced next month. He was remanded in custody and faces a significant jail term.

Judge John Milford told him: “Doubtless you have been warned as to the sort of sentence you are likely to receive in terms of years.”

source: http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor ... ed-7824795

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George Carlin

Why oh why do "drunken revellers" fail to realise that a TAXI is clearly marked as a taxi, usually with a huge sign on the roof saying TAXI. It's the same word the whole world over.

True, but I'll point out Newcastle has a black colour only saloon car policy, this case gives echoes of a similar tale from Manchester.

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George Carlin

When they're pissed they aren't bothered how they get home. You've only got to see them flagging cop cars down thinking they're taxis.

What is it that some people dont get about "sensible drinking"?
As for the establishments that continue to serve regardless?

You're right Nidge people simply couldnt give a monkeys as long as they get a lift home

"Mohammed Malik" a pal of yours by any chance C4bby?

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All HCVs must be black in colour

http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/business/li ... geVehicles

Jailed: Predatory sex beast who disguised his car as a taxi to pick up and rape a young woman on night out in Manchester

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... who-865547

PHV must be either white or silver in colour, less than 7 years old, display front and rear id plates and carry approved operator livery

http://www.manchester.gov.uk/directory_ ... re_vehicle

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George Carlin

I bet she won't be making that mistake again.

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I bet. Like I mentioned above they don't give two decks how they get home.

Newcastle chippy boss jailed for 11 years for posing as cabbie to kidnap and molest woman



Mohammed Malik, caught on CCTV letting a drunk woman get into his black estate car, abducted her for his own sexual gratification

A takeaway boss who posed as a cabbie to kidnap and molest a drunk young woman has been jailed for 11 years.

Fish and chip shop owner Mohammed Malik parked up in Newcastle city centre in his black estate car next to a taxi rank.

When a drunk visitor to the region got in, she was expecting to be taken the short distance to the place she was staying in the city centre.

But instead Malik drove the unsuspecting 20-year-old to a secluded spot in the West End, where he subjected her to a sorid sex attack.

As Malik was locked up for kidnap and sexual assault, his victim told of the devastating effect the attack has had on her in a statement read to Newcastle Crown Court.

She said: “I felt scared, ashamed and embarrassed at what happened.

“I often lock myself in my room and put my headphones on and dance round to try to forget.

“I’ve lost my relationship with my boyfriend due to the stress and trauma this has caused. I’m no longer able to trust men and couldn’t be close to my boyfriend.

“At night I can’t bear getting in a taxi again in case this happens again so I have to rely on my family.

“The trial has been the most difficult and scary time of my life and being in the same building as him was sickening.

“At times I felt as if I was to blame for it and like I was the one on trial.”

The woman was a visitor to the city and had been out celebrating a birthday with friends in March when she started looking for a taxi around 4am.

She got into Malik’s black VW Golf estate near popular complex The Gate, on Newgate Street, and asked to be taken the short distance to the place in the city centre where she was staying with friends.

Prosecutor Julian Smith said: “Unfortunately for her, the car she got into, believing it to be a taxi, is nothing of the sort.

“She found herself in the defendant’s car, who drove her to a secluded area to the west of the city, away from the city centre. He would not let her leave the car or take her to her friends or the place where she was staying.

“He took her away under false pretences, he would not let her leave and he then took the opportunity to seriously sexually assault her.”

The court heard the young woman and her friends had been to a number of bars, including Popworld, Kiss and Destiny.

They ended up in a takeaway near The Gate, at which point the victim left and went looking for a cab.

As she was a stranger to Newcastle, she didn’t realise she was only 200 yards from the place where her and her friends were staying.

CCTV shows Malik’s car driving down the road away from the Haymarket and it stops in the layby taxi rank outside Debenham’s.

The victim approaches him and speaks to him then gets in the car. Malik, who manages a number of properties, including a fish and chip shop, drove off with the woman.

Three men passing by saw the woman getting into the car, which they noticed was not a taxi.

They made a note of the registration number and texted it to police. This would ultimately help nail Malik but could not stop the attack.

Despite the woman’s screams of “No”, Malik dragged her into the back seat by her arms and legs and subjected her to a sexual assault.

Police were called and when the woman was examined they found bruising to her arms and legs.

Malik was arrested later the same day as a result of his number plate having been sent to the police.

His DNA was also recovered from the victim’s clothing.

Malik, 30, of Beaconsfield Street, Arthur’s Hill, Newcastle never in trouble before, had denied kidnap and sexual assault but was convicted after a trial last month.

Judge John Milford QC, who said he could not be sure the attack was pre-planned, told Malik he must sign the sex offender register for life and jailed him for 11 years.

The judge said: “This was a case of abduction and there was prolonged detention and it was a sustained incident.

“(The woman) was particularly vulnerable due to the fact she was inebriated.”

Malik’s barrister said he had lost an “awful lot” as a result of the offence, including his fish and chip shop and other properties he managed.

Malik has been in the country 10 years without getting in any trouble, is a family man and the attack was an “aberration”, his barrister added.

source: http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor ... 11-8026554

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

That was lucky. Good on them.

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