SHAME SHAME
GLASGOW PH DRIVER GUILTY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OF SCHOOLGIRL IN SUPERMARKET CAR PARK
A PH driver has been convicted of sexually assaulting a vulnerable 14- year-old girl after offering to drive her home. The 45-year-old attacked the terrified teenager in the early hours of February 16 last year after pulling his car into a car park near Hillend, Edinburgh. The court heard that the cabbie had given the schoolgirl his mobile number four days prior following an official booking. The teenager later text him at 4:30am for a ride from a friend’s house in Edinburgh to her home in Midlothian. During the journey, the driver asked to stop for a cigarette and pulled into the car park, where he groped the girl’s thigh and forced himself on her.
Recalling the horrific ordeal, the victim told
Edinburgh Sheriff Court: “He kissed me on the cheek, then snogged me. He put his tongue in my mouth, I told him to stop. I didn’t feel comfortable.” As the journey continued, he slipped his hand down the victim’s jogging bottoms and touched her vagina. The attack has had a devastating impact on the girl, leaving her deeply traumatised.” The experienced PH driver of 18 years, denied all the allegations during the two-day
trial. He
claimed he only pulled into the supermarket car park because his engine was overheating, and
argued that the girl had moved to the front seat on her own because it was “more comfortable.” When questioned by prosecutor Corey Laouadi, the defendent strongly protested his innocence, stating: “I never touched her,
it
never happened like that.” However, a jury rejected his version of events, returning a majority guilty verdict after just 90 minutes of deliberation. Sheriff Douglas Keir described the attack as “a very serious matter” and warned the driver that “all sentencing options are open to the court at this time.” The PH driver has been placed on the sex offender’s register on an interim basis, and sentencing has been deferred for the preparation of background reports.
PHTM JULY 2026
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