Uber driver jailed over rape of passenger picked up from Sydney's Kings Cross

by Karl Hoerr
An Uber driver has been sentenced to a minimum six years and four months in jail for raping a woman he picked up outside a Sydney nightclub.

Muhammad Naveed, 41, claimed he had consensual sex with the woman in his car in 2015, but was convicted by a jury.

During the trial, the district court heard that on the night she was raped, the woman had been heavily intoxicated after drinking with friends.

She had fallen asleep in the car and then awoke to realise that Naveed was on top of her.

Prosecutors said that during the incident the woman did not have the strength to push Naveed away and that she had tried to say "get off".

In sentencing him, Judge Deborah Payne said "he must have been very aware, very early on, of her intoxicated and sleepy state".

"He clearly took advantage ... of a very vulnerable young lady.

"She was isolated in the vehicle, which she thought was a taxi, and further isolated by being taken to an isolated location.

"The victim was highly vulnerable because of her intoxicated state and the prisoner took full advantage of it."

Judge Payne said Naveed had shown "neither contrition nor remorse".

"He put forward a palpably false version of events," she said.

Naveed will be eligible for parole in June 2023.

The usual suspects, trivialising rape in order to push their racist/Islamophobic/bigoted agenda.

Tsk tsk   

greggerypeccary wrote on Jun 13^th, 2017 at 12:43pm:

Muslim and Indian taxi drivers seem to rape a lot of vulnerable women Pecca. An underlying issue perhaps??

Mr Hammer wrote on Jun 13^th, 2017 at 12:54pm:


Men?

greggerypeccary wrote on Jun 13^th, 2017 at 12:57pm:
Oh yeah. Look it up. I happens a lot overseas too. Particularly in the UK. Perhaps certain religions see drunk woman as low and deserving of rape???

AiA wrote on Jun 13^th, 2017 at 12:45pm:


"Rape prosecutions in Japan are fairly rare and even if a suspect is found guilty, many dodge prison by apologizing and paying damages."

"In Japan, rape (without injury) is categorized as shinkokuzai, an offence that cannot be prosecuted without a complaint by the victim. If a complaint is not made, or later retracted, the case falls apart."

"Japan appears to have a serious problem with sexual assault it doesn’t want to face. Even if the lower estimated number of unreported cases is accepted — more than 80 percent — it’s still a colossal figure."

Link

He claimed it was consential.  She wanted it....according to him.

Mr Hammer wrote on Jun 13^th, 2017 at 1:10pm:


I wouldn't call men a minority.