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Twisted Paisley taxi driver who battered woman and kids in eight-year campaign of domestic abuse is caged



A twisted Paisley taxi driver who battered a woman and children in an eight-year reign of domestic abuse has been jailed.

Malicious Iftikhar Sharif, 47, was locked up for almost a year after engaging in a “course of conduct of physical violence and psychological abuse” against the victims at a house in the town’s Hillman Crescent.

Sharif, who is deaf and drove a private cab, was convicted of six charges of assault and domestic abuse following a lengthy trial at Paisley Sheriff Court.

Sheriff Colin Pettigrew slated the accused as he sent him down for 340 days after presiding over harrowing evidence that involved young witnesses having to testify in court.

He told him: “You could not control your malice.

“You failed to accept responsibilty and sought to blame the complainers.

“It was repeated psychological, physical and emotional abuse.

“There can be only one way of dealing with this and that is a custodial sentence.”

Twisted Sharif was found guilty of assaulting a young girl by repeatedly kicking and punching her and pulling her to the floor, and lying on top of her to her injury on dates between October 2010 and February 2019.

He was also convicted of attacking a woman by pushing her, repeatedly punching and kicking her on the body to her injury on dates between October 2010 and April 2017.

And he was found guilty of shouting, swearing, signing abusive remarks, throwing plates and food around on various occasions on dates between October 2010 and February 2019.

Sharif was also found guilty of attacking a young boy by repeatedly slapping him on dates in July 2016.

Defence agent Gemma Elder said: “He is a 47-year-old single man who is a taxi driver, but as a consequence of matters before the court, his licence was suspended as a result of this criminal case.

“The trial had multiple days of evidence and he was convicted accordingly.

“This conviction will cost him significant difficulties in obtaining his licence.

“In his own defence, he continues to maintain his innocence.”

Sheriff Pettigrew locked him up, telling him: “This abuse and course of conduct continued over a significant period of time.

“I will impose a sentence of 340 days in respect of the charges.”

He also handed Sharif a Non Harassment Order lasting six years preventing him from approaching or contacting any of the victims.

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New one on me

Can't be many deaf drivers around, though, and I certainly wouldn't want to deal with drunks etc if I was deaf. Or any passenger, come to that. Not that I particularly want to deal with them at the best of times


Bit of an understatement there. He's 47 - any chance of him ever being granted a badge again?

10 year wait as a minimum.

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Well there's a surprise


Private hire driver who 'repeatedly punched and kicked' child stripped of licence

https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/priv ... l-20407000

Iftikhar Sharif was locked up for 340 days in January following a string of violent offences.

A private hire driver who was jailed for assaulting a woman and children over eight years has been stripped of his licence.

Iftikhar Sharif was locked up for 340 days in January following a string of violent offences.

Glasgow licensing chiefs have now banned him from driving private hires after a complaint from Police Scotland.

An officer told the council’s licensing committee how the private hire driver, from Paisley, had repeatedly kicked and punched his victims.

Mr Sharif was convicted of six charges at Paisley Sheriff Court.

His licence had been granted in March 2020 for three years.

It was initially suspended in March this year and has now been suspended for the unexpired portion of its duration by the committee.

The incidents took place between October 2010 and February 2019, the police officer said.

He asked for the licence to be suspended as the police have “serious concerns for public safety”.

Bailie John Kane, who was chairing the licensing committee, said: “This has been a rather shocking series of events covering a fairly substantial period of time, involving a fair amount of violence, particularly towards females.”

Bailie Malcolm Balfour described the incidents as “quite horrendous”.

“To me, it’s an open and shut case,” he said. “Anyone who is violent at any level, particularly to women in this day and age, it just beggars belief.”

Mr Sharif had assaulted a young girl by “repeatedly punching and kicking her in the body”, the committee heard.

He had also punched and kicked a woman and was found guilty of shouting, swearing, and throwing plates and food around.

Licensing chiefs also heard Mr Sharif had repeatedly struck a boy “in the body with his open palm”.

As a result of the convictions, Mr Sharif has a non-harassment order for six years to refrain him from approaching or contacting four people in any way.

He has also been banned from entering an address in Paisley and one in Glasgow.

Did someone once explain why they do this rather than simply revoking

right of appeal to magistrates ?

revoke =court case

suspend=appeal to council

as i understand it

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Although it wouldn't really matter in this case, it's easier for councils to suspend than revoke, or harder for license holders to appeal if suspended rather than revoked.

And if the suspension lasts until the end of the license, it's a lot easier for a council to defend a non renewal.

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For readers down south who may be interested, up here we have justice of the peace courts instead of magistrates courts, and sheriff courts instead of crown courts, roughly speaking.

But (and I may be wrong), think up here the appeal is to the sheriff court rather than the lower court, so the initial appeal is to a higher level court than in England??

But it's interesting all this, particularly with the likes of those featured recently who were badged for a couple of years after offences, then police object to their renewal, and they're out?

Anyway, not having a go at anyone, because if you'd asked me a couple of days ago I'd have said the lower tier court here was the district court, but looks like they changed that name to the justice of the peace court a few years ago now.

Which I may have actually known once upon a time, but had certainly forgotten.

Old age creeping up, eh?

More daftie licensing stuff

So recall the stuff about drivers on three year badges being allowed to drive for a couple of years after offences until police object to the renewal?

This is slightly different, but he lost his badge back in April when it was suspended for the unexpired portion, but he's only now lost his plate because he seemed to retain that initially and now police have objected to its renewal


Private hire driver who battered woman and kids stripped of licence

https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glas ... ts-wrapper

The decision to remove his licence was made following a complaint from Police Scotland.

A jailed private hire driver who assaulted a woman and children over eight years has been stripped of yet another licence.

Iftikhar Sharif was locked up for almost a year in January after a series of violent incidents.

Licensing chiefs in Glasgow, who banned him from driving private hires in April, have now suspended his car’s licence too.

It had expired in April last year, but a renewal application was being processed by the council’s licensing team.

The decision to remove his licence was made following a complaint from Police Scotland.

A representative for the force said the Chief Constable believes Sharif is “no longer a fit and proper person to hold the licence”.

[The rest of the article is just a rehash, so haven't included that.]

Or have they just not renewed it rather than suspended it? Rest of the article certainly reads like it's a non-renewal




I'm guessing that should say that it expired in April this year, unless it's a new application rather than a renewal.

Recall that licences in Scotland remain valid until they're processed, as long as a renewal application is submitted before the expiry date.

As I recall it, councils have six months to process them, but I think that was extended to 12 months by the emergency Covid legislation.

Which would be consistent with an expiry in April this year and processed now, but not from April last year

Anyways...