There's an old thread on this, but there's a total rehash here (albeit with one important detail missing), and it was a few years ago now...
Fake taxi driver who sexually assaulted woman in Glasgow is finally locked uphttps://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scot ... y-36706118Married dad-of-two Abdul Samad, 43, pretended to be a taxi and picked up a woman in the Tradeston area of Glasgow in 2019.A fake taxi driver who went AWOL for four years after he sexually assaulted a vulnerable woman was finally jailed today.
Takeaway driver Abdul Samad, 43, duped his then 20-year-old victim into believing that he was a private hire taxi driver on July 24 2019.
Samad preyed on the woman during the early morning journey from Glasgow's Tradeston to her home in the city's west end.
He repeatedly groped her under her clothing, touched her on the leg and repeatedly performed a sex act on her during the journey as well as on the M74.
Samad was found guilty by a jury in 2022 at Glasgow Sheriff Court of sexually assaulting the woman.
He was not in the dock for the verdict and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Samad was not picked up by police until January this year at Heathrow airport.
The married dad-of-two was hauled back into the dock from custody today where he was jailed for 29 months.
Sheriff Michael Hanlon told Samad: "You took advantage of her and she was left traumatised.
"I recommend her bravery in reporting the matter and giving evidence against you.
"This was in sharp contrast to your cowardice to not turn up and hear the jury's verdict.
"You have shown no remorse for what you did or the effect on your victim.
"You deny the offence and have resorted to victim blaming.
"The victim impact statement says that the impact of this sexual assault has been long lasting and enduring in all aspects of her life.
"No sentence can overcome that but I hope that it does allow closure on her life.
"I see no alternative to a custodial sentence given the serious nature."
Samad was also put on the sex offenders register for 10 years.
Jurors previously witnessed CCTV of Samad crossing three lanes in order to pick up the victim in the early hours of the morning.
Samad, of the city's Castlemilk, claimed he told the girl to get into the car as she needed help.
Prosecutor Mark Allan said to him: "What if I say you were chancing your arm wanting her to believe your car was a taxi?"
He replied: "Not at all."
Samad also believed that he was being a "good Samaritan" at the time.
He claimed that the pair said nothing to each other before she put his hand on her own on the gearstick.
Samad further claimed that it was the woman who groped him and that he was the victim of a sexual assault.
He stated that it was a culture difference which stopped him telling her it was wrong.
Samad initially dropped off food to a house in the city's east end before going back on the motorway towards the west.
Mr Allan asked: "The woman said that you had your hand under her clothing and touched her, would you say she was lying?"
He replied: "Yes."
The prosecutor followed up: "When she told the jury that you got her hand to perform a sex act on you, she is lying?"
Samad again stated: "Yes."
Mr Allan said: "Why on earth would this stranger tell these evil lies about a man who did nothing to her, about a man who had simply tried to help her?"
Samad responded: "I'm still standing here surprised, you can ask her, I really don't know what her aim was or what was going on in her mind."
It was revealed that Samad had changed his position from having any physical contact with the victim after forensic evidence revealed the contrary.
Kevin Corr, defending, asked: "The woman stated that you inquired about her undergarment and you asked why she was not wearing a bra?"
Samad replied: "No."
He also refuted that he asked the woman if she had a condom on her.
Samad claimed that when he dropped the victim off, she called him a "life saver" and an "angel."
Mr Corr told today's sentencing this his client maintains his innocence from the trial.
It was revealed that Samad has a previous conviction for an assault to injury in 2009 in which he received a fine.
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so bed and breakfast at Leroys hotel and hopefully deportation again afterwards