SHAME SHAME
PREDATOR PAID WARRINGTON CABBIE OFF AS HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED UNCONSCIOUS WOMAN IN HIS CAB
A ‘monstrous’ predator paid off a cabbie in order to sexually assault an uncon- scious teenager in the back of his cab. The Manchester Evening News reports that Omed Mahmood, 39, preyed on the 18-year-old victim after leaving a nightclub in Warrington in the early hours in October last year. He approached the woman and walked with her to a nearby taxi rank. CCTV footage taken at about 5am then showed Mahmood, from Atherton near Wigan, pull the woman towards a taxi as she tried to walk away. The taxi was being driven by Jojo Joseph Thirunilam and was initially bound for Liverpool. However, once the victim had fallen asleep, Mahmood sig- nalled to the driver to turn the vehicle around. He could be seen handing a number of bank notes to the driver before the taxi
Omed Mahmood (L) & Joseph Thirunilam
headed towards Mahmood’s home address. During the hour-long journey, the victim was repeatedly sexually assaulted while unconscious. Thirunilam, 49, watched from the front and made licking gestures with his tongue. There was no previous associa- tion between Mahmood and Thirunilam before the incident and they were not known to one another.
SEFTON PHV DRIVER ARRESTED FOR DRUGS AND MONEY LAUNDERING
Operation Pelican last night arrested a 42-year-old male private hire driver from the Formby on suspicion of deal- ing drugs. Officers sighted a drug transaction in the Crosby area on Saturday 18 June, which involved a private hire vehicle. According to Merseyside Police, the private hire vehicle was later stopped and the driver detained. During a search numerous wraps of suspected cocaine were recovered. Officers have then searched an associ- ated address of the male in Formby and located a large amount of white powder, approximately £1,200 in cash, a large amount of cannabis and 14 cannabis plants. Also seized were a machete, two cross- bows and an air weapon. The man was further arrested on sus-
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picion of possession with intent to sup- ply Class B drugs and possession of criminal property. He was taken into custody and is being questioned by police.
When the taxi arrived at Mahmood’s home shortly after 6am, he forcefully pulled the victim from the vehicle. Once inside his flat, he sexually assaulted her while she was in and out of consciousness. The victim left the flat in a ‘distressed state’ almost two hours later while Mahmood was sleeping. Police were called after she raised the alarm at a nearby shop. Following a trial earlier this year, Mahmood was convicted of attempted rape, sexual assault by penetration and two counts of sexual assault in connec- tion to the offences in his address. At Bolton Crown Court on Tuesday, 31 May, a judge sentenced Mahmood to nine years in prison. Thirunilam, from Warrington, pleaded guilty to two counts of aiding Mah- mood to commit the sexual offences earlier this year. He was jailed for 18 months and made to sign the Sexual Offender Register. His taxi licence has also been suspended. Detective Sergeant Andrew Devine, from GM Police’s Wigan CID, said: “First and foremost, our thoughts are with the victim and her family who have understandably been through a horrific time, especially during the trial where explicit details were heard. “Detectives immediately launched an investigation and arrested Mahmood within 48 hours of the incident. They pieced together hours of CCTV to understand the events of that night. “Mahmood is a sexual predator and his monstrous actions that saw him prey on a vulnerable young woman are absolutely unspeakable. I’m glad he is behind bars and the streets are a safer place for women without him. “Thirunilam could have helped the vic- tim and prevented the sexual assaults from happening in his vehicle, but instead he chose to watch and encour- age Mahmood despite not even knowing him.”
JULY 2022
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