A minicab driver has
been jailed for 11 years for raping and threatening to kill an 18-year-old
woman in Surrey .
Masood Ahmed, 26, of Seaforth Avenue London
The woman was attacked
by Ahmed in Parvis Road West Byfleet in the early hours of 13
August 2010.
Det Ch Insp Steve Hayes
said: "This was a sickening assault by Ahmed who saw an opportunity to
attack a lone woman in the quiet early hours and took it."
Ahmed was sentenced to
nine years in prison for each of the two counts of rape he was convicted of,
and five years for a charge of assault, to run concurrently.
He also received two
years for one count of making threats to kill, to run consecutively.
Mr Hayes added: "I
am extremely pleased with the sentences handed down today.
"Stranger attacks
of this nature are treated very seriously.
"Surrey Police put
every available resource into this inquiry and our work paid off with Ahmed
identified and arrested within 24 hours.
"I am very proud
of the efforts made by the whole investigation team."
Surrey Police said
Ahmed, who worked for a firm in London
Officers recovered a number of items from the
scene including a petrol receipt which allowed detectives to trace Ahmed from
CCTV at a filling station.Editorial Comment:
Its seems the BBC News website has finally started to research these cases properly. This is the first time in years that a predatory minicab sex fiend has not been referred to as a Taxi driver. Well done Beeb, keep it up.
Dear Editor,
ReplyDelete1. What mincab firm was matey working for?
2. Warn all the media that if they keep referring to minicabs as taxis' we will class them in the same journalistic league as Mr Pessok of TAXI.
Its about time the sentence reflected to severity of the crime.
ReplyDelete84% of victims don't report attacks immediately.
60% never do...
Given these statistics and with out the statistic massaging from TfL, nearly 350 attacks took place last year, that's almost one every night.
Peter Hendy!!!
Wonder how you would feel if David or Anna was brutally raped in the back of a minicab they were shown to leaving a club.
Would you be able to sleep knowing that you have done little to prevent this happening.
Peter think of the lives that have been ruined by these perverted attackers, victims and their families lives shattered forever, never the same again.
How do you think Dianna Lamplough felt for 26 years trying to sleep at night not knowing what happened to her beautiful daughter.
Peter I implore you to do something now, scrap the satellite office system that has led to the escalation of these attacks.