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Oxford taxi driver Lutfur Rahman sexual assault on woman outside pub on New Year's Day


Taxi driver denies sexual assault outside pub on New Year's Day

A TAXI driver is on trial accused of sexually assaulting a customer outside a city pub on New Year’s Day.

Royal Cars driver Lutfur Rahman, of Wood Farm Road, Oxford, denies kissing the woman on the cheek in his taxi outside the Oxford Retreat on January 1 last year.

Opening the case at Oxford Crown Court yesterday, prosecutor Janette Hayne said the woman and four friends got the taxi to the Hythe Bridge Street pub from Bedford Street at about 12.30am.

She said the woman, who was in the front passenger seat, paid the driver at the end of the journey and was sexually assaulted as she went to leave.

The prosecutor added: “She felt the driver take hold of her arm and pull him towards him. She moved away so that the defendant, coming in towards her, kissed her on the cheek.”

She said Rahman, 59, told police he did not pull or kiss the woman. The court heard the woman sent an email complaint to the taxi firm on January 13 and reported the incident to police.

Defence barrister Jonathan Mitchell said the taxi firm told the woman there had never been any complaints about Rahman but a formal investigation would take place and had been reported to the council’s head of taxi licensing.

The trial continues.

source: http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/142551 ... ear_s_Day/

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Taxi driver Lutfur Rahman cleared of sexual assault on New Year's Day


A TAXI driver has been acquitted of sexually assaulting a passenger in the early hours of New Year's Day.

Royal Cars driver Lutfur Rahman was accused of kissing the woman on the cheek in his taxi outside the Oxford Retreat on January 1 last year.

But a jury of eight men and four women at Oxford Crown Court found the 59-year-old not guilty yesterday.

The court heard the woman and four friends got the taxi to the Hythe Bridge Street pub from Bedford Street at about 12.30am.

Prosecutor Janette Hayne said Rahman had taken hold of the woman's arm as she went to leave the taxi, then kissed her.

She added: "She moved away so that the defendant, coming in towards her, kissed her on the cheek."

But Rahman, of Wood Farm Road, Oxford, said the woman had argued about the taxi fare being £2 more than expected and he had not kissed her.

He told the jury the group of women had been touching his hair and shoulders during the taxi ride.

He added: "I never considered anything like that because I am a professional taxi driver and I am doing my job."

The court heard the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, sent an email complaint to the taxi firm on January 13 and reported the incident to police after being unhappy with the manager's response.

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/142584 ... l_assault/

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