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A SEX offender has been jailed for assaulting a young woman after he stalked her through Weymouth town centre in the early hours.

Ian David Hewer, of Rodwell Road, pleaded guilty to one count of assault by penetration after the attack on December 1 last year.

Dorchester Crown Court was told how the 19-year-old woman had left a group of friends after a night out and had arranged to meet another for a lift home.

Hewer, aged 40, followed her through the town and to the back of Debenhams in Commercial Road.

CCTV footage showed Hewer pounce on the victim in an alcove at the back of the store.

The court was told by prosecutor Heather Shimmen that Hewer had punched the woman twice in the head, put his hand over her mouth and told her to shut up. She said that the victim had been left severely affected by the attack, which had ruined her relationships and left her unable to pursue employment prospects.

The court was told that members of the public had heard the victim shouting during the attack and came to her aid. One caught up with Hewer after he fled and recognised him as a past work colleague. Hewer told the man that the victim was his ex-wife and that it had been a misunderstanding, so that he was let on his way. But when the man went back to the victim, he realised this was not the case and gave the police Hewer’s name.

Hewer, who has six previous convictions for 15 offences, kept his head bowed during proceedings.

In mitigation, Neil Hinton said Hewer did not know why he attacked the girl but regretted his actions.

He added: “He was affected by drink and clearly his judgement was affected by drink.

“He did end up seeing the victim of this assault in the town by herself. It seems he followed her to where she had stopped to phone her friend, and at that point attacked her. He is shocked and horrified by what he did. It is something that he deeply regrets.”

Sentencing Hewer to four and a half years in prison, Judge Roger Jarvis said: “This was a stranger assault of the most terrible kind.

“You stalked your victim and you subjected her to a terrible ordeal.

“Full credit to members of the public who came to her aid.

“Who knows what would have happened if they had not?”

Hewer was placed on the sex offenders’ register for life.

Police praise for passers by

After the case, DC Declan Cummings, of Weymouth CID, said: “This was a very serious and frightening assault and this is reflected in the severity of the sentence.

“I would like to thank the members of the public who intervened after hearing the shouts of the victim. They greatly assisted police during this investigation and without their help it may not be possible to identify the offender.

“Their public-spiritedness helped to bring Ian Hewer to justice.”

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A fire union official had sex sessions with a love-struck schoolgirl he seduced through explicit texts, a court heard. A fire union official had sex sessions with a love-struck schoolgirl he seduced through explicit texts, a court heard. As reported in later editions of last night's Chronicle Paul Ahmed had been introduced to the 14-year-old by one of her friends during a Christmas holiday, Newcastle Crown Court was told. They kept in touch by swapping mobile messages, it was claimed. But Ahmed's texts became more and more steamy, the jury heard. And he used them to persuade the infatuated teenager to start a secret affair, the court was told. Ahmed, a 44-year-old official with the Fire Brigades' Union on South Tyneside, would collect the girl from the car park of The Fountain pub in South Shields and take her to a local port. It is alleged that on one occasion he fondled her breasts and on another they engaged in a sex act. Then, after taking her to his own home, Ahmed had full intercourse with the consenting girl on a sofa in the living room, said Michael Hodson, prosecuting. Ahmed was finally arrested when the girl's mother read one of the texts, confronted her daughter and contacted police. "The messages were very explicit," Mr Hodson told the court. "They were wholly designed to encourage her to behave in an indecent way with him." Ahmed, of Carnegie Close, South Shields, denies two charges of indecent assault, gross indecency, inciting the girl to commit acts of gross indecency and another serious sexual offence. All the charges date between April and June 2003. The court heard the girl, who will give evidence over a television link, kept a record of the texts in a special book. They included X-rated descriptions of the sex acts Ahmed wanted her to take part in, a boast about his own performance and evidence that he knew what he was doing was wrong, the court heard. "Nevertheless, he pressed and persuaded her by text messages that caused her infatuation with him and she was therefore willing to do what he suggested," Mr Hodson added. Ahmed even planned to video himself having sex with the girl in a caravan but in the end the meeting never happened, it was claimed. He later told police he did know the girl but that nothing inappropriate or sexual had ever taken place. The trial continues.

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Dangerous rapist Rory O'Connor appeared at Fermanagh Court on Monday when the PSNI applied for a SOPO (Sexual Offences Prevention Order) to "protect the public from serious harm" from him. The violent 45-year-old criminal had been living secretly at an address in Enniskillen. The police application stated that since his conviction for rape on October 11, 2002, O'Connor has acted in such a way as to give reasonable cause to believe a SOPO is necessary to "protect the public from serious harm" from him. A defence barrister said O'Connor was consenting to a Notification Order under Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, requiring him to sign the Sex Offenders' Register. The barrister handed District Judge Liam McNally a letter and applied for an order banning the press from reporting the court case, thereby preventing the public from knowing about the legal proceedings. He submitted that the third paragraph contained the reason for such a ban. However, after reading the letter the District Judge said he could see no reason for imposing a reporting restriction. He made the Notification Order for an indefinite period from O'Connor's conviction on October 11, 2002. The various measures in Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 are designed to enable the police to monitor and manage sex offenders living in the local area. Certain sex offenders are required to notify the police of personal information such as their name, address and, as of August 13, 2012, bank and credit card details, and to update the police whenever this information changes. The police record of this information is commonly referred to as the Sex Offenders' Register. The notification requirements are imposed automatically on offenders convicted of certain offences in the United Kingdom, but can also be imposed by way of court order on offenders convicted in other countries. The notification requirements are imposed for a fixed or indefinite period, depending on the sentence received. Those offenders subject to an indefinite notification period can apply to the police for a determination that they no longer pose a risk and should no longer be on the register. The earliest point at which such an application can be made is 15 years after the date of the offender's first notification.

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A high-flying university student who gorged himself on a diet of pornography has been jailed.

Timothy Garvey downloaded images of young children being sexually abused by adults, Preston Crown Court was told.

The pictures were so horrible a trial heard that fellow students who accidentally came across them in shared accommodation immediately called in police.

Garvey, 21, was studying English Language and Linguistics at Lancaster University and living above The Royal Hotel in the city when the offences came to light.

He denied 10 charges of possessing indecent photographs of a child but was convicted by a jury after a three day trial.

Garvey maintained he had been sent the material unsolicited by e-mail and had not viewed them.

But the court was told by Iain Simkin, defending, that he now accepted his guilt and knew he had done wrong.

After leaving home and going into accommodation he had gorged himself on a diet of pornography, Mr Simkin told the court.

It was accepted the images were revolting.

For Garvey, a man with no previous convictions and a promising future up to his conviction, prison would be particularly hard on him, added Mr Simkin. But Judge David Boulton, who sentenced Garvey to four months in prison, said the victims were young children who had been horribly abused for the purpose of others watching them.

The similar cases resulting from the huge FBI investigation into worldwide internet porn had led to the Court of Appeal setting sentencing guidelines, explained the judge.

A prison term was inevitable whatever his personal circumstances, the judge told Garvey.

A spokesman for Lancaster Police said: The sentence reflects te seriousness of the crime and should act as a deterrent to others participating in this type of activity.

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RAPIST Robert Gordon is a man with a violent past who has committed more than 50 other offences.

As well as carrying out the July 1981 rape in Basingstoke's War Memorial Park, Gordon has previously served four years for the rape of a 14-year-old schoolgirl in 1982, just three years after he married his wife Michele, who is standing by him.

Gordon, of Gainsborough Road, Black Dam, Basingstoke, was convicted by a jury of rape, indecent assault and making threats to kill, relating to the July 1981 attack, following a trial in December.

During the six-day trial at Winchester Crown Court, jurors heard that a partial DNA profile, pieced together from samples collected from the victim at the time, produced only one match on the national DNA database – Gordon, who often walked in the park where the attack took place.

Jailing Gordon, below, for nine years, judge Mr Justice Hamblen described the attack as "terrifying" for the victim and said the traumatic ordeal has had a "lasting effect" on her life.

The victim, then in her 30s, had been walking her two dogs through the park when she was approached by Gordon, who asked her for directions before kicking her legs from under her, forcing her to the ground, punching her and banging her head on the ground.

He raped her at knifepoint, ignoring her pleas and cries for help and telling her he would kill her if she did not keep quiet.

Gordon pressed the knife to his victim's chest so hard that she still bears a scar from the attack.

A jury took four hours over two days to find Gordon guilty. After delivering their verdicts, they heard that Gordon has a long list of previous offences – 13 convictions for 55 offences, including burglary, theft, assault and actual bodily harm prior to 1981.

He was convicted of harassment in 2008 against his wife's best friend and was sentenced to six months imprisonment. He was convicted of harassment against the same woman in 2010 and was handed a suspended sentence.

Defending Gordon, Nick Wayne said that aside from these offences, his client had "turned his life around" since the rape, and told the judge a significant sentence would have a devastating effect on Gordon's wife and children.

Judge Hamblen sentenced Gordon to nine years for the rape, with a 12-month sentence for the indecent assault and three years for the threats to kill, to run concurrently with the nine-year sentence.

Gordon showed no emotion as he was sentenced.

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He had served 18 years in Australian prisons and after being released from his last sentence he was deported to the UK.

A sadistic paedophile who went on the run after being kicked out of Australia was yesterday jailed for three years.

British born Kenneth Trotter, 78, served a series of jail sentences Down Under before being sent back to the UK last year.

Now the serial sex offender has been locked up after a judge described him as an exceptionally dangerous man

Trotter had been ordered to tell police if he changed his address.

But a court was told he blatantly and flagrantly breached the order by pre-meditated and wilful acts of defiance.

At one stage officers had no idea where he was and had to launch a public appeal for help.

The pervert was branded sadistic and callous by a judge who jailed him for child sex attacks in New South Wales.

He had served 18 years in Australian prisons and after being released from his last sentence he was deported to the UK.

But last year a court heard how within a month of landing Trotter had tricked his way into a church group to meet girls.

He had pretended to have been sent from a Jobcentre to hire 14-year-olds to work as canvassers. He even tried to lure girls to live with him.

Trotter, who had set up home in Blackpool, Lancashire, had denied two breaches of the order.

Jailing him for three years at Preston Crown Court, Judge Graham Knowles QC said he had been determined to give police the slip.

He said Trotter had a long and foul history of sexual depravity in Australia, where a list of 36 offences included indecent assault and gross indecency.

And he added: You, Trotter, in my view, are an exceptionally dangerous man with nothing to lose.

A pre-sentence report by the probation service speaks of prolific sexual offending against vulnerable male children, the predatory manipulative nature of offending, your portrayal of yourself as a victim, your refusal to accept any responsibility for your behaviour, your lack of remorse, your continued denial of any sexual interest in children and a lack of victim empathy.

The court had heard how on four separate occasions he visited a mother of four in Blackpool, pretending to be canvassing for work for sewing machine repairs.

It was the same ruse which had been a feature of his offending in Australia where he had lived for more than fifty years.

He had dual nationality but his Australian citizenship was revoked when he was booted out last year.

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A SEX offender committed flagrant breaches of a restrictive order by having frequent contact with girls aged under 16. Alan Dobson, 39, was jailed for 16 months after Durham Crown Court heard that he completely ignored the Sexual Offences Prevention Order within four months of it being imposed. Dobson has previous convictions for having sex with girls under 16 when he worked in a kebab shop in 1997, and for sexual activity with a girl under 16, for which he received a suspended prison sentence, in 2005. Adrian Dent, prosecuting, said due to concerns over his behaviour, the order was sought by police and imposed by North Durham magistrates, in April. It forbade him from having unsupervised contact with any child under 16. But the court heard that while working as a pizza delivery driver he took girls for a ride in his car when making deliveries, in August. Mr Dent said he bought the girls alcoholic drinks, took them to a McDonalds takeway and to secluded woods and made suggestive comments to them. He also allowed one of them to take to the wheel of his car on a delivery run, and, when he became aware police were looking into his activities, he told the girls to cover up for him. Dobson, of Melville Street, Chester-le-Street, admitted eight counts of breaching a Sexual Offences Prevention Order and one of sexual assault. Lorraine Mustard, mitigating, told the court: The breaches are, perhaps, not the most serious, but hes aware that taking these girls in his car when he was delivering pizzas is worrying. Miss Mustard added that the shop owner was aware of Dobsons previous convictions when he employed him. Jailing him, Judge Esmond Faulks told Dobson: You took these girls in your car, bought them alcohol, made suggestive remarks and, clearly, this was grooming them, in the hope of sexual activity. You completely ignored the order. These were flagrant breaches. The order was renewed indefinitely, while Dobson was disqualified from working with children and must register as a sex offender for the next ten years.

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A computer engineer has been jailed for two years for distributing indecent images of children in one of the "most serious cases" a judge has heard. Keith Gibson, 50, of Milford Cottages, Kennford had 2,300 still and moving images on his computer which he then distributed to a paedophile ring. Exeter Crown Court heard some content included the rape of a three-year-old. Gibson from Devon admitted 10 offences of making, four of distributing and two of possessing indecent images. The court heard he formed part of an internet paedophile ring which exchanged child sex fantasies and images in chat rooms with some of those involved posing as children. 'Pre-meditated' behaviour The victims included babies under six-months-old and two of the movies he distributed showed girls aged about three and 10 being raped. He was caught through an investigation by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection squad in London, the court heard. Judge Francis Gilbert QC said: "You did not care if you were talking to adults or children and you fantasised you were talking to children. "The probation report says your behaviour was pre-meditated, well planned and persistent and that you went to significant lengths to avoid detection, and you had no regard for the children who were being abused. "In my judgment this is one of the most serious cases of this type I have ever come across." Gibson ran a computer repair business where police seized equipment and found 1,682 still images and 638 movies of which just under 1,000 were in the most serious category. Formerly of Milford Cottages, Kennford, Gibson recently moved to River Drive, Cullompton, following flooding at his property over Christmas.

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A former teacher and rugby coach at a Somerset school has been jailed for 10 years for child abuse.

Keith Ruby, 36, of Biddisham Lane, Axbridge, was convicted at Taunton Crown Court of 16 counts of serious sexual offences against a teenage boy.

During sentencing, Judge Graham Hume Jones, said: "You abused the trust of a young boy and the trust of his parents, and you brought shame on them."

The school has said all the necessary safeguarding checks were made on Ruby.

The judge said Ruby was regarded as an "ardent and enthusiastic" sports coach who encouraged the boy in his favourite sport.

He said: "But you did this to indulge your sexual interests with this boy. In his evidence, the boy used the phrase "hero worship" to describe his relationship with you.

"Having gained his trust you then gained the trust of his parents."

The court heard the boy's family was "duped" by Ruby who entrusted their son into his care outside school for rugby matches and an overseas trip.

'Completely distraught'

He said: "It is not hard to imagine how this boy's family feel after being duped by you.

"He worshipped and trusted you, and lied to the police to save your skin.

"Even then you met him again and abused him."

A spokesman from the school has said: "Our safeguarding procedures, both now and at the time of these incidents, are completely compliant and all necessary checks on the suitability of Keith Ruby to work with children were carried out by the school.

"However, unfortunately no vetting system can guarantee that every paedophile is identified."

Ruby will be placed on the sex offender's register for life and will never work with children again.

Det Ch Insp Richard Kelvey, from Avon and Somerset Police, said: "Keith Ruby is a manipulative man who insinuated himself into the lives of this victim and his family.

"He regularly sat at their dinner table and was welcomed into their lives as a trusted friend, teacher and coach to their son.

"His betrayal and abuse has left them completely distraught."

Mr Kelvey added that it took several years before the victim felt able to disclose the abuse he had suffered.

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THE most evil of offenders thats how a detective described Basingstoke paedophile Paul Thomas, who was this week convicted of 25 counts of various sexual offences against four young girls committed over several years. Sick Thomas crimes included rape and indecent assault, and one of his victims was just eight when she was first abused. A jury found 50-year-old Thomas, of Western Way, South Ham, guilty of 25 of the 31 charges he faced during a two-month trial at Winchester Crown Court. A second man, Jerry Lee Howe, 40, of Dunnyshop Avenue, Accrington, Lancashire, was found guilty of three charges, including rape, invoving one girl. Both men had denied all charges. The trial heard the crimes spanned some 15 years, from the mid-1990s to 2010, when the first victim came forward to Hampshire Constabulary. The victims were abused separately at different times and locations. Kerry Maylin, prosecuting, said: The victims were, the Crown say, sexually abused. They were children and some of them very young. A victim told the court how Thomas gave her cash and cigarettes after sexually abusing her at the age of 14. The woman appeared in court behind a screen in the witness box, although her evidence was taken from a series of filmed police interviews. She said she only realised that she was being abused when she started to have a relationship with someone her own age, and told him about what happened. A jury of seven men and four women found Thomas, pictured, guilty of two multiple counts of rape against one girl that took place when she was aged 13 and 14. He was also convicted of two other counts of rape, 11 indecent assaults, seven counts of sexual activity with a child and three counts of inde-cency with a child. Judge Andrew Barnett, adjourning the sentencing hearing until January 29, told Thomas: Be under no illusion when the matter comes back, you must prepare yourself for a prison sentence of some considerable length. Detective Inspector Scott Clarke, from Hampshire Constabularys Major Investigation Team, led the two-year investigation which brought Thomas and Howe to justice and he praised the courage of the victims. Speaking after the convictions, Det Insp Clarke said: These men systematically abused and degraded children to the point where their victims felt their ordeal was just a part of growing up. It is down to the courage of the victims that these most evil of offenders have been brought to justice. I only hope that with the ordeal that ruined their childhoods finally over, these people can start to rebuild their lives and enjoy their first Christmas free from fear. He added the offending has now been referred to the Hampshire Safeguarding Children Board. Clare Chamberlain, independent chair of the board, said: Even though the majority of these crimes appear to have taken place many years ago, we are keen to establish the facts about this case and ensure that frontline practice and management across all agencies is able to learn from and deal effectively with these complex abuse cases. Thomas, who has been remanded in custody, was found not guilty of six further counts, including an indecent assault on a boy, and Howe was found not guilty of three offences involving two girls. Two other men, Timothy Pittway, 49, and Paul Flynn, 30, both of Bath Road, Reading, were found not guilty of all child abuse charges that they faced.

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A WOMAN who was sexually abused more than two decades ago has described how the ordeal left her ashamed and traumatised. Craig Tongs victim spoke out after justice finally caught up with the sex attacker who has been jailed for nearly five years for the catalogue of crimes he committed when she was a child. His victim is now hoping that by revealing the pain she went through others who have been sexually abused will find the courage to report the crimes. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the Epworth Bells: For more than 20 years I have been too terrified, ashamed and traumatised to tell the truth about my years as an enforced sex toy for Craig Tong. His selfish and abusive actions ruined my childhood and have seriously impacted on my life. I will never be able to forget his appalling actions and the fear in which I have lived. I hope now he will feel just a fraction of the disgust and pain I have suffered. Tong, 43, of Potts Lane, Crowle, was jailed for four years and eight months at Grimsby Crown Court after admitting five counts of abuse including two offences of having sex with a girl under the age of 13. The offences were carried out in the late 1980s, but it was only when his victim plucked up the courage to tell police of her ordeal that an investigation began and Tongs crimes were revealed. The court was told his victim had originally thought people would not believe her when she told them about the abuse she had suffered. At the sentencing hearing on Monday Tong wore a dark suit and spoke only to confirm his name and address. Tong was given two 16-month prison sentences for two counts of having sex with a girl under the age of 13. He was given an additional three custodial sentences of eight months for three offences of indecent assault. All five sentences will run consecutively. He was also placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life and banned from working with children. Speaking after the sentencing, Tongs victim said: I should like to offer my heartfelt thanks to the health and support workers, police and crown prosecution staff who have given me the strength, confidence and assurance to reveal the torment I was subjected to as a child. It is through their support that finally Craig Tong has been brought to court and imprisoned for his abhorrent actions. I hope that this case will be an example to other women, who in their own lives may have been in a similar situation, and encourage them to tell the truth of their ordeals.

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A drug-fuelled rapist who tricked his way into a vulnerable 63-year-old womans home and subjected her to a degrading attack has been jailed for five years and four months. Thomas Ullah, 22, sat hunched in the dock at Bradford Crown Court with his head in his hands as his barrister described the assault as awful, degrading and distressing. Ullah, of Fairhaven Green, Idle, Bradford, pleaded guilty to raping the woman on August 8, a fortnight after his release from a 15-month prison sentence for supplying class A drugs. Prosecutor Richard Smith said Ullahs victim, who was not known to him, was preyed on by local youths who used her Bradford home to smoke cannabis. They ate her food, took money and dossed down uninvited. Mr Smith said Ullah was not among that group but he had friends who were. The woman lived alone and suffered from depression, the court was told yesterday. She had fallen asleep after watching TV when Ullah knocked on the door at 1.15am. He had earlier exposed himself in front of CCTV cameras while out in Bradford, Mr Smith said. Ullah told his victim he was called Joe and tricked his way in by claiming that a man she knew was on his way over. He told her he had taken cocaine and M-cat and had just come out of prison. Mr Smith said Ullah dragged the woman into the hall, kicked open her bedroom door and threw her into the room. He stripped her naked and raped her on the bed, threatening: Scream bitch and youre dead. Afterwards, the woman was shaking with fear. She told the police she felt like a piece of scum. The woman had bruised arms and legs and Ullah was linked to her by DNA evidence. His barrister, Jayne Beckett, said he had taken a cocktail of drugs and alcohol. He was sickened to the core by what he had done and struggling to come to terms with it. Judge David Hatton QC said Ullahs victim was devastated and her life would never be the same. After the case, Detective Inspector Ian Lawrance, of Operation Topaz, West Yorkshire Polices rape investigation unit, said: Ullah took advantage of a vulnerable member of the community in the worst possible way. He reached the depth of depravity in his actions and I am extremely pleased to see he will now spend some considerable time behind bars. Ullahs victim, who was in court, said she was upset and devastated that the sentence was not longer.

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Former builder Paul Taylor, 60, was convicted yesterday of the murder of Sally McGrath, from Peterborough, after escaping justice for more than 30 years.

Miss McGrath, 22, was found naked except for a pair of boots and partially buried in woodland at Castor Hanglands, to the west of Peterborough, on March 1, 1980.

Taylor, of Valentine Close, Fareham, was also found guilty of three rapes, an attempted rape and a serious sexual offence.

Detectives from Cambridgeshire Police have now said they are looking into the possibility that he attacked more women during his time at large.

Today, at Chelmsford Crown Court, Judge Mr Justice Owen said: ''I think it is clear there was a sexual element to the murder of Sally McGrath.

''The evidence revealed a pattern of behaviour in which you lured your victims in under the pretence of giving them a lift home.

''You then drove them to a rural or isolated area and forced yourself upon them.

''Your predatory sexual attacks took place over 30 years ago but your victims have been left scarred for life.

''I have no doubt the brutal murder of Sally McGrath followed the same pattern and resulted from her resistance to your sexual demands.''

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A TAXI driver who raped a teenage passenger in his car has been jailed for seven years.

Married Liaqat Ali, 42, was also banned from ever driving a taxi again for the sex attack on the lone girl.

He took advantage of the 16-year-old girl who got in his cab after celebrating at a birthday party with friends in Middlesbrough.

The teenager was picked up by Ali in his hackney carriage on Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough on March 2 this year.

Teesside Crown Court heard how the girl assumed she would be in safe hands getting into the licensed taxi.

She was clearly drunk and had been “half asleep”, with her head against the seatbelt during the journey.

But her trust was betrayed after Ali drove her to a secluded spot in Acklam instead of taking her to her home.

She had to get out to go to the toilet but when she got back in the vehicle he forced her to perform a sex act on him.

When she eventually got home she was screaming and pulling her hair as she told her mum about her ordeal.

Interviewed by police after his arrest, Ali accepted he had picked up the teenager but denied anything had happened.

He only later admitted there had been a sexual encounter after DNA evidence linked him to the crime. Even then, he claimed there had been consensual sex.

He repeated the claim during his trial at Teesside Crown Court last month.

Giving evidence through an interpreter, Ali claimed she had started touching him.

But the jury didn’t believe his version of events and accepted that the teenager, who is now 17, had been raped. Ali denied a charge of rape but was convicted by a majority verdict.

Judge George Moorhouse jailed Ali, of Abingdon Road, Middlesbrough, for seven years at Teesside Crown Court yesterday.

Prosecutor Christine Egerton also applied for an indefinite sexual offences prevention order (SOPO).

She said there was an element of breach of trust as the girl had felt she would be safe with the taxi driver.

The SOPO was granted, with a condition that Ali must not work as a taxi driver.

Judge Moorhouse told Ali: “You must never drive a taxi again. That will remain in force for the rest of your life.”

The judge said it was a very serious offence, telling the defendant: “You were in a position of trust and owed her a duty of care.

“You knew she was drunk at the time and to some extent you abducted her.”

Paul Abrahams, mitigating, said Ali was a family man of good character who had worked all his life.

His incarceration would have a massive impact on Ali’s wife and children, said Mr Abrahams.

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A BULGARIAN man who dragged a young woman down an alleyway and raped her in a late-night sex attack in Bridport has been jailed. Mustafa Mustafa, 24, was labelled wicked and disgraceful by Judge Roger Jarvis as he sentenced him to 56 months in prison at Dorchester Crown Court. Prosecutor Megan Topliss told the court that Mustafas victim, who was in her early 20s and suffered from a mild form of Aspergers, had gone out for a walk at around 11pm on August 13 when she walked past the defendant, who was sitting outside Bridport Kebab House in East Street. Miss Topliss said the young woman had seen Mustafa before but did not know him and when she walked past he said hi. She then became aware of him following her as she walked towards Symondsbury. He came alongside her as they walked out past the Bridport Medical Centre before she told him she wanted to go home and started heading back towards town. Miss Topliss said: They started to walk back until they reached an alleyway. The defendant stood quite close to her and went to kiss her, she pulled back and tried to walk past him but he grabbed her arm. Miss Topliss said Mustafa was gesturing towards himself and then her and said sex but she repeatedly replied no. She said he then dragged her down the alleyway and pulled down both their trousers before raping her. After around a minute she was able to push him away. Miss Topliss said Mustafa then tried to force her to perform a sexual act upon him but she resisted and he also put his hands down her trousers before forcing her to touch him. She added: She said he was pretty aggressive throughout the incident. After the attack Miss Topliss said the defendant went back to town while his victim went home and contacted the police the next day. Mustafa was arrested on August 15. Tim Shorter, mitigating, said Mustafa, of East Road, Bridport, had only entered the country around two months before the rape as he sought to work to earn money for his family back in Bulgaria. He said his client had entered a guilty plea to the offence at the earliest opportunity at court and had shown genuine remorse since the incident. Mr Shorter said: He has not sought in any way to deny his guilt. As he passed sentence Judge Jarvis told the defendant: You behaved in a wicked and disgraceful way. Court told of impact on life of young girl THE COURT was told of the devastating impact of the sex attack upon Mustafas victim. Miss Topliss said in a victim impact statement the young woman described how she no longer felt safe at night and suffered from anxiety and panic attacks to the extent that she has to take medication. She added that the woman, who had never had sex before the rape, had been having trouble sleeping and experienced flash backs on a daily basis, while the ordeal had impacted on her education as she was studying in the hope of going to university but now found it difficult to concentrate. Judge Jarvis said to Mustafa: There has been a profound impact upon your victim, the full extent of which we can only imagine. There will be a lifelong impact upon her from what it is that you have done. And Bridport police Inspector Mike Darby said: I am very pleased with the sentence of Mustafa for this offence which was serious and incredibly impactive on the victim. Mustafa took advantage of a person who was vulnerable and the judge has imposed a significant sentence in light of this. He added that offences of this nature are rare in West Dorset.