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DNA BREAKTHROUGH JAILS TAXI DRIVER TWO DECADES AFTER LOUGHBOROUGH RAPE


A former taxi driver has finally been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the rape of a young woman in Loughborough almost two decades ago, a case that was solved after a DNA match following his arrest for an unrelated crime. Mahbubur Rahman, now 50, was found guilty following a trial at Leicester Crown Court in September 2024. The conviction relates to an attack on a 19-year-old Loughborough University student in the early hours of Saturday, October 7, 2006. Rahman, then aged 31, picked the woman up in the street, stopped at a cash machine and subsequently


drove her to a car park where he raped her in his car.


While DNA evidence was recovered at the time, it did not match any- one on the police database, and the case was filed away in 2009. The breakthrough came years later, in April 2022, when Rahman was arrested on suspicion of burglary. A mouth swab taken during that arrest provided an exact DNA match to the samples recovered from the 2006 rape scene.


Rahman, of Chadderton, Greater Manchester, was sentenced on October 29. DC Kristina Page-Brown, said: “The victim trusted Rahman to take her home after a night out in Loughborough. Instead, he abused that trust and took advantage of a vulnerable woman in the worst way imaginable. He has evaded justice for far too long and throughout has shown no remorse or regret for what he did. I am pleased he has now been made to answer for the crime but also relieved for the victim that the man who caused irreversible damage to her life now faces years behind bars.”


BIRMINGHAM BLACK CAB PAEDOPHILE CONVICTED OF 15 SEX OFFENCES AGAINST YOUNG GIRLS


A former Birmingham taxi driver, Peter King, 72, has been convicted of 15 sex offences, including multiple counts of rape and indecent assault, after preying on and grooming three girls as young as six in the 1990s and early 2000s. King, who had a flat in Highgate, Birmingham, used his black cab to lure and transport his victims, aged between six and 15. The court heard he exploited the girls by offering them “pocket money and gifts,” and taking them on swimming trips, day trips, and even holidays, while also buying them clothing and food. One girl he abused became pregnant by him at age 15 and later had a termination. The jury at Birmingham Crown Court delivered the guilty verdict


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on, October 31, bringing justice for the victims who bravely came forward years later to aid the investigation by West Midlands Police’s Public Protection Unit (PPU). Detective Investigating Officer Liz Weston, from the PPU,


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mented on the gravity of King’s actions. “This has been a long and complex investigation into the abuse of young girls who were groomed by King. He preyed upon them when they were at their most vulnerable,” she said. “He took advantage of their own personal circumstances and gave them pocket money, bought them


gifts, clothing and food and took them on day trips and holidays. He tried to portray that he was a good man who cared for them, but the jury saw through those lies.” DI Weston commended the victims, now women, stating: “I’m pleased that the women he abused as children all those years ago have


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justice they so deserve. I commend their bravery in being able to speak out and share their stories.” She also encouraged others to seek help, adding: “I would ask anyone who has encountered similar experiences, or any kind of abuse, historically or recently, to speak to the police.” King from Southampton, was remanded into custody and awaits sentencing on January 12.


DECEMBER 2025 PHTM


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