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BURNLEY CABBIE JAILED FOR FABRICATING EVIDENCE TO EVADE SPEEDING PENALTIES
A Burnley cabbie has been sentenced to 12 months in jail after admitting to perverting the course of justice by falsifying documents to avoid penalties for speeding offences.
Sajid Hussain, who committed two speeding violations in the Burnley area on December 17 and 19, 2022, while working as a taxi driver, paid £600 to have false details and fake insurance documents created. These documents named a non- existent individual as the driver in an attempt to avoid accumulating points on his licence, which would
have im- pacted his livelihood. Hussain recently pleaded guilty
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Preston Crown Court. Sergeant Chris Birchall of the Safer Roads Unit commented on the case: "Hussain thought he could get away with perverting the course of justice and avoid getting points on his licence. “He is now spending 12 months in
jail when he could have just taken a driving awareness course, points and a fine.” Sgt. Birchall also issued a stern warning to others considering similar actions: “I want to use this opportunity to remind anyone, who may consider lying on a document to avoid prosecution that this is illegal and the consequences of this are far more severe. "This won’t ‘just’ result in points on your licence, or a fine, you will be criminally prosecuted, and could be sent to prison."
FAKE UBER DRIVER CONVICTED AGAIN FOR BRIGHTON SEX ASSAULTS ON VULNERABLE WOMEN
A man who posed as an “unofficial Uber” driver to target “vulnerable and intoxicated” women has been found guilty for a second time of sex assaults in Brighton. Graham Head, 68, was re- convicted on 19 June, by a jury at Lewes Crown Court following an eight-hour deliberation. Head, of Pevensey, was initially handed a 23-year sentence in July 2023 for the kidnap and attempted rape of a 25-year-old woman, and the assault by penetration of a 19- year-old woman. However, his conviction was overturned in November 2024 by the Court of Appeal due to a complaint about the original trial judge. During the retrial, jurors heard that Head was a “sexual predator” who operated from his silver Mercedes estate, equipped with chilling contents including latex gloves,
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condoms, Viagra, and a balaclava, found at the time of his arrest in Nov- ember 2022. Business cards advertising
him as a “N-Uber driver” with the slogan “Safe and Reliable – For All Occasions” were also found at his home. Prosecutor Paul Jarvis KC des- cribed Head’s modus operandi: “Basing himself in Pevenney and ostensibly working as an unofficial Uber driver or taxi driver. He was also looking for vulnerable young women who he could sexually abuse.” The court was told that Head was “savvy enough” to keep his two mobile phones in flight mode while searching for victims
to avoid network providers recording his movements. The two attacks are said to have occurred in the early hours of August 19, 2022, in Hove Park, and November 18, 2022, outside one of the alleged victim’s homes. The 25-year-old victim, who has since died and did not give evidence at the trial, managed to remember the “L21” portion of Head’s number plate, which led to his arrest. As Mr. Jarvis stated: “He slipped up on November 19 2022 because his victim was alert enough to be able to memorise part of the licence plate for the police to be able to identify his car when they saw it.” Head had claimed he offered the 25-year-old a lift home but didn’t touch her and denied ever meeting his other alleged victim. He will be sentenced on 22 August.
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