EDINBURGH PH DRIVER
A WOMAN has told a court that she tried to jump out of a private hire when the driver sexually assaulted her.
The passenger – a 24-year-old mum of two – said Ihsan Yurbas repeatedly touched her leg and shoulder as he drove her home.
She was one of two women who gave evidence yesterday about being sexually assaulted by 41-year-old Yurbas.
She told Livingston Sheriff Court that the Turkish national first touched her on the shoulder a couple of times as he took her from Edinburgh to Broxburn in the early hours of the morning in 2015.
She said: “To him it was like he was reassuring me but I didn’t think it was reassuring me. I would have been 22 at the time. He was in his 40s. I felt uncomfortable. I kind of froze. At that point I couldn’t even give him eye contact.
“When he was changing the gears and I was still crying upset, he touched my knee with his hand and told me: ‘Don’t worry. It’ll be OK’.”
She said Yurbas then grabbed her before she tried to open the door and escape.
She added: “As I turned, he turned and he grabbed my two legs to pull me back. He’s grabbed my tights. I had holes in my tights, but I didn’t even notice any of that until later
on.
“I was scared. I just wanted to get out of the car.
“I still had the seatbelt on and the car was going but I just thought I’d try.”
She said she finally managed to get out of the car outside the Masonic Arms pub in Broxburn but realised immediately she’d left her mobile phone on the front seat.
She tried to get it back and struggled with Yurbas, biting him on the fingers to try and break his grip but ultimately failing to retrieve it.
She said: “I contacted the police the next again day. I was unsure whether to phone the police because he never kissed me. He never sexually did anything to me.
“Then I thought my daughter might be in a taxi with a person like that. I wanted to do anything to prevent that. I wouldn’t accept anyone touching my daughter like that. I wouldn’t be allowing that.”
A 22-year-old female sales executive now living in London then told the court that she encountered Yurbas during a weekend out in Edinburgh in 2013 when she was aged 18.
She claimed he repeatedly leaned over and touched her “from my thigh up to my waist” as he drove her home alone.
She later phoned the mobile number Yurbas had given her on an earlier taxi ride to lure him back to a house and took his licence plate number to pass on to police.
Yurbas, of Polton Road, Loanhead, is charged with sexually assaulting both of the female passengers in the course of his employment as a private hire driver.
He is also charged with stealing a mobile phone at Easter Road, Broxburn, during the second incident. Neither of the alleged victims can be named for legal reasons.
Yurbas denies all the charges against him.
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A RUSH-HOUR crash in Sutton Coldfield saw three people treated by paramedics.
The incident involved a taxi and a Peugeot 207 at the junction of Bedford Road and Barnard Road, close to Good Hope Hospital at around 8.30am on Friday (February 3).
Police and ambulance crews attended the scene.
A spokesperson for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “We sent one ambulance to a two-car accident, one of which was a taxi, in Sutton Coldfield.
“The taxi was understood to have two passengers - an elderly lady and an eight-year-old boy.
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The incident involved a taxi and a Peugeot 207 at the junction of Bedford Road and Barnard Road, close to Good Hope Hospital at around 8.30am on Friday (February 3).
Police and ambulance crews attended the scene.
A spokesperson for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “We sent one ambulance to a two-car accident, one of which was a taxi, in Sutton Coldfield.
“The taxi was understood to have two passengers - an elderly lady and an eight-year-old boy.
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PLYMOUTH
A TAXI driver has lost his licence after being caught by the same speed camera - FOURTEEN times in two months.
Steven Holman, 41, says his life is now ruined after pleading guilty to the multiple counts of speeding.
Magistrates heard that Holman, of Plymouth, Devon, was recorded at speeds ranging between 39mph and 45mph over nine separate days between August 2 and September 21.
Appearing distressed during the hearing, Holman was disqualified from driving for 12 months "due to the large number of offences".
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Steven Holman, 41, says his life is now ruined after pleading guilty to the multiple counts of speeding.
Magistrates heard that Holman, of Plymouth, Devon, was recorded at speeds ranging between 39mph and 45mph over nine separate days between August 2 and September 21.
Appearing distressed during the hearing, Holman was disqualified from driving for 12 months "due to the large number of offences".
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Inverness Airport has extended its seven-year partnership with a local taxi firm.
The new seven-year deal gives Inverness Taxis, one of the largest cab operators in the Highlands, with more than 150 vehicles, exclusive access to the terminal’s dedicated taxi ranks.
Airport owner Highlands and Islands Airports said yesterday the contract extension would usher in some changes to embrace new technology for the benefit of passengers.
Inverness Taxis is due to introduce online booking stations in the arrivals hall.
It also plans to install real-time CCTV monitoring of the taxi ranks, allowing vehicles to be dispatched quickly when demand is high.
In addition, the taxi firm has developed our own free info app, UrPal, which has everything a visitor needs to know about the Highlands, including information on events, tours and restaurants.
Inverness Taxis managing director Gavin Johnston said: “The airport contract is a very important part of our business and we are always looking for ways to improve our service.
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The new seven-year deal gives Inverness Taxis, one of the largest cab operators in the Highlands, with more than 150 vehicles, exclusive access to the terminal’s dedicated taxi ranks.
Airport owner Highlands and Islands Airports said yesterday the contract extension would usher in some changes to embrace new technology for the benefit of passengers.
Inverness Taxis is due to introduce online booking stations in the arrivals hall.
It also plans to install real-time CCTV monitoring of the taxi ranks, allowing vehicles to be dispatched quickly when demand is high.
In addition, the taxi firm has developed our own free info app, UrPal, which has everything a visitor needs to know about the Highlands, including information on events, tours and restaurants.
Inverness Taxis managing director Gavin Johnston said: “The airport contract is a very important part of our business and we are always looking for ways to improve our service.
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