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TAXI DRIVER SEXUALLY ATTACKEDWOMAN AS HE DROVE HER HOME TOWARRINGTON
A dangerous taxi driver who sexually assaulted a woman as he drove her home toWarrington has been jailed. Felix Chan, of no fixed address, was jailed for seven years at Liverpool Crown Court
in
August, after plead- ing guilty to two counts of sexual assault in Cheshire and one count of sexual assault in Merseyside. The Warrington Guardian reports
that the court heard that in the early hours of February 11, the victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, got in Chan’s taxi on Seel Street in Liver- pool in order to be taken home to War- rington. After she got in the taxi and Chan, 35, began
travelling
towards Warrington he then sexually assaulted her while she was asleep. This woke her up but the terrified victim pre-
tended to be asleep and had to endure the ordeal. It was only when Chan arrived at the victim’s
address
that he stopped and began shaking her in order to wake her up. When she got out of the car he then drove away.
Throughout the
ordeal, he filmed the 20-year-old vic- tim on his mobile phone and molest- ed her. She was messaging her
friends on Felix Chan
Whatsapp as the attack began saying ‘he is feeling me up’. The court heard she suffered panic at- tacks and sleepless nights, had coun- selling and was too scared to apply for a job in Liverpool. DC David Schofield, from Warrington
VALE DRIVER KILLED CYCLISTWHEN HE ‘PLOUGHED INTO’ RIDERS AFTER FALLING ASLEEP
A taxi driver who had been working for
13 “ploughed
hours into”
three cyclists, killing one and injuring two when he fell asleep at the wheel. WalesOnline reports that Cardiff Crown Court heard the inci- dent occurred just after 7am on Satur- day, October 28, last year on the A48 near Pentre Meyrick. Prosecutor David Pugh said Craig Gough, from Colwin- ston, in the Vale of Glamorgan, had com- pleted a long over- night shift of more than 13 hours during which he took at least 33 fares. Gough, who was self-employed and working for Dragon Taxis, was driving a Skoda Octavia at the
time of the collision, which was found to have no mechanical defects. The court heard he was seen on CCTV stopping briefly to get food at a Mc- Donald’s just after 6am before driving to Cardiff . Prosecutors
said
cyclists Jack Berry, Andrew Hooker and Matthew Simmonds were all dressed in reflective clothing with
appropriate
bike lights. A collision report found the weather was dry and the visi- bility was good, meaning the driver should have had 367m, or 15 seconds, to see the cyclists and respond. The court heard the three friends were riding in single file
OCTOBER 2018
with Mr Hooker at the front, Mr Sim- monds in the centre, and Mr Berry at the back. Mr Pugh said: “The defendant struck all three, he did not stop.” Investigators found Gough did not make any attempt
to brake or steer away.
The court heard he continued to the brow of the hill before doing a U- turn and returning to the scene. In the meantime a passing van driver stopped, called 999, and administered first aid until the ambulance arrived. Mr Berry, who was
Jack Berry, left, died after being struck by a car driven by Craig Gough (right)
26, was pronounced dead at the scene at 8am and his friends were taken to hospi- tal for treatment to their injuries. Prosecutors
no to win money for an upcoming holiday. He said he believed he had “lost concen- tration
for said
Gough was “visibly upset” when officers told him former sol- dier Mr Berry had died. He was arrest- ed and replied to the caution: “I amdevas- tated.” In his first police interview he said he had taken at least a 30-minute break at McDonald’s before driving
straight
home after his shift. After further police investigation
he
accepted that was not true and told officers he took a short break
at
McDonald’s before driving to Cardiff, to play poker at a casi-
a
second”, then saw a cyclist when he “re- focused”, but had no time to do anything to avoid him. He denied falling asleep. Gough, 36, admitted causing death by dangerous driving . James Evans, def- ending, said he had no previous convic- tions or cautions and had a full, clean driving licence at the time of the incident. Gough was jailed for three years and dis- qualified
from
driving for five and a half years. He must take an extended re- test before being allowed to drive again.
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CID, said: “Chan is a dangerous predator who leftthe woman frozen in fear as he continued to sexu- ally
abuse her
throughout the jour- ney. Chan was working as a taxi driver at the time and clearly abused his position of trust to commit
this
offence.” Chan was also put on the sex offend- ers register for life and received a sex- ual harm prevention order.
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