Friday 31 March 2017

Gaol for Leicester Taxi Groper.

As discussed in the previous post (& the one before that, in fact) Mohammed, the progenitor of Islam & the moral template for all Muslims to emulate, was a monstrous sexual sadist, who habitually kidnapped non-Muslim women & exploited them as sex slaves. This has led to similar behaviour in Muslims ever since & has resulted in them being over-represented in any Western nation's sex crime statistics. Yet one more example of this animal is taxi driver Zahid Shah, whose behaviour one night in the back of his vehicle was less than regal, & who has now been handed a six month prison term, as reported by the Leicester Mercury today:

Leicester taxi driver Zahid Shah who grabbed breast of female passenger is jailed

A taxi driver who grabbed the breast of a young woman passenger has been jailed for six months.

Married father, Zahid Shah, denied sexually assaulting the 22-year-old in the early hours of the morning, after helping her out of the cab.

He was convicted unanimously by a jury of eight men and four women at Leicester Crown Court.

Deputy Judge Michael Stokes QC, said: "Women have to know if they're getting into a taxi in this city, or any other city, they will be safe and not subjected to an indecent assault, no matter how brief an incident it may be.

"Any taxi driver who commits an offence in these circumstances must know they will lose their liberty."

Leicester Crown Court, where Zahid Shah was sentenced to six months.

He told Shah (28), of Evington Park Road, Leicester: "You've been convicted by the jury of sexual assaulting a young woman when you were working as a licenced taxi driver in this city, in October 2015.

"She got into your cab in the early hours and was driven by you to the street where she lived.

"The jury have accepted her evidence; you sexually assaulted her by putting your hand on her breast.

"Women have the right to think they won't be assaulted by a taxi driver.

"I accept it was a very brief incident but nonetheless it remains serious.

"You could have pleaded guilty many months ago and not have put this complainant through having to give evidence.

"I understand custody will have an economical and an emotional effect upon your family."

Shah's taxi licence, which was suspended following his arrest, will now be revoked.

He has since been working as a pizza delivery driver.

During the trial, Tony Stanford, prosecuting, said that after finishing work the victim got into the back of the defendant's hackney cab, a people carrier, on Belvoir Street, at 3.15am.

After the 10 minute journey to her home, she was unable to open the sliding passenger door and the defendant got out to assist, before hugging her on the pavement.

He asked for a kiss, which she refused and he then grabbed one of her breasts.

CCTV footage captured the event, albeit from a distance, but the victim can be seen suddenly pulling away from the defendant and walking down the street.

She had the presence of mind to take a photograph of his registration number as he drove away.

Shah told the jury, when he gave evidence, he hugged the victim because they had argued about the fare in the taxi moments earlier and he wanted to "calm her."

The victim, however, said there was no dispute over the fare.

Shah denied asking for a kiss or touching her breast.

In her call to the police, about 10 minutes after the assault, the victim was recorded saying: "I just got sexually harassed by a taxi driver.

"I just finished work and he was taking me home, he opened the door and helped me out.

"He tried to kiss me…he grabbed my boob…I don't really know how to deal with this."

After the verdict the judge was handed a character reference from the defendant's wife, describing him as a "loyal" husband.

The judge inquired whether she was aware that her husband was given a police caution in February this year for soliciting a prostitute and was told the wife was in court and had attended the trial.

Cynthia McFarlane, mitigating before sentence, said: "Even on the Crown's case it's at the lower end of the sexual assault scale.

"Your Honour should take into account the offence was in 2015 and he has no previous convictions, although he has one caution.

"He has a wife and children.

"He has suffered by having his taxi licence suspended and having to do a less well paid job; he's the sole provider for the family.

"He knows he'll never be able to work as a taxi driver again."

The defendant will have to enlist on a sex offenders' register for seven years.

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