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THREE YEARS’ JAIL FOR LIVERPOOL CABBIE WHO SEXUALLY ASSAULTED TEENAGE PASSENGER
A Liverpool cabbie who sexually assaulted a teenage girl in his taxi has been jailed for three years. According to Birkenhead News, the CPS said that Saikou Camara, 35, sexu- ally assaulted his then 16-year-old victim when she was a passenger in his taxi on 3 August 2019. He had stopped to let her use the toi- lets in the Tesco store in Allerton but when she got back into the taxi he began to assault her. He had made some inappropriate com- ments in the lead up to the stop at the Tesco store and the victim had made contact with a friend to say she was concerned. She texted her friend as the assault was happening too. She repeatedly told Camara to stop. She was in a vulnerable condition at the
time but this made no difference to what he did to her. He eventually stop- ped and took her to her friend’s house. The victim told Camara as she got out of the taxi that she would be ringing the police. Camara was arrested a few days later and was charged with assault by pene- tration and sexual assault. He denied the charges but was found guilty of the sexual assault after trial. He was acquitted of the assault by pen- etration. On 24 June 2022, he was jailed for three years at Liverpool Crown Court. He has been placed on the Sexual
Offenders Register for life. Senior Crown Prosecutor Sarah Egan, a specialist lawyer in CPS Mersey Cheshire’s Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) unit, said: “Saikou Camara was working as a taxi driver when he committed this offence. “His victim entrusted him with her safe- ty when she got into his taxi, but he abused that trust and sexually assault- ed her, taking advantage of the vulnerable condition she was in. “He had no right to treat the victim as he did. He has shown no remorse for his actions. “We hope that the conviction and jailing of this offender helps the victim to move on with her life and sends a message to other potential victims that we will listen and strive to achieve justice.”
FALKIRK CABBIE SENT CYCLIST FLYING AFTER DRIVING MINIBUS AT HIM IN TRAFFIC ROW
A cabbie who deliberately drove an eight-seater minibus at a cyclist who had criticised his driving, seriously injuring him, has been warned by a sheriff that he faces jail. The Daily Record reports that Charles Yorston, 60, “jerked” his Ford Tourneo minibus to the right just as the cyclist, Andrew Learmonth, drew level with his driver’s window. The resulting impact sent Mr Learmonth, a prison officer out for an evening ride, flying into mid-air. He travelled right across the road and struck his head on the far kerb, crack- ing his helmet, chipping his glasses, writing off his bike and leaving him with cuts, bruises, and a fractured right elbow that still causes him pain nearly three years later. Mr Learmonth, 31, told Falkirk Sheriff Court that he had ridden alongside the minibus, which was slowing to drop off
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passengers because he believed the driv- er had “cut him up” at traffic lights and given him a fright. He hit the rear quar- ter-panel with his hand to get the driv- er’s attention, and admitted he had shouted: “What the f*** are you playing at? You nearly put me into the back of that car.” He said he “wanted to make the driver aware of what he had done”. Passengers in the minibus said Yorston, who had just told Mr Learmonth to “f*** off”, then “jerked the wheel with an unnatural movement” just as Mr Lear- month was alongside, knocking Mr Learmonth straight off his bike and onto the other lane. Then Yorston complained he was losing
money as he waited after the collision. After a two-day trial, a jury found Yorston, a cabbie for 19 years, now a call centre worker, guilty of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. Yorston, from Falkirk, had denied the charge and insisted he had not been trying to scare Mr Learmonth. Sheriff Derek Hamilton imposed imme- diate disqualification - the length of the ban to be set later - and deferred sen- tence for reports until 29 June. He said: “The jury found you deliberate- ly drove at Mr Learmonth. It is fortunate that the consequences were not more tragic. This could easily have resulted in a fatality. This was a terrible episode of driving, from start to finish. “Given the nature of the driving and your complete lack of remorse or acceptance of any blame, I really have to consider a custodial sentence.”
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