LIVERPOOL ANOTHER DELTA SEX OFFENDER

Terrified female student cried silently while being sexually assaulted by Delta taxi driver who filmed attack

"She was petrified and believed she was going to be raped... the only thing she could think of doing was pretending she was still asleep"

Terrified female student cried silently while being sexually assaulted by Delta taxi driver who filmed attack

"She was petrified and believed she was going to be raped... the only thing she could think of doing was pretending she was still asleep"

A terrified female student told how she cried silently and pretended to be asleep while she was being sexually assaulted by a depraved taxi driver.

Delta private hire worker Felix Chan, 35, thought he had got away with groping one young woman when he wasn't charged by police.

The married dad-of-two then targeted a second victim, taking sickening video and pictures of her naked body before she woke up and pretended to be asleep.

Liverpool Crown Court heard Chan first struck after picking up three young students in Liverpool city centre one night last year.

The 19-year-old victim was sick and he demanded £70 for cleaning his car, before arriving at her shared accommodation.

He followed her into the building and up a staircase, then suddenly put a hand up her skirt, when she was not wearing underwear.

Terrified female student cried silently while being sexually assaulted by Delta taxi driver who filmed attack

"She was petrified and believed she was going to be raped... the only thing she could think of doing was pretending she was still asleep"

A terrified female student told how she cried silently and pretended to be asleep while she was being sexually assaulted by a depraved taxi driver.

Delta private hire worker Felix Chan, 35, thought he had got away with groping one young woman when he wasn't charged by police.

The married dad-of-two then targeted a second victim, taking sickening video and pictures of her naked body before she woke up and pretended to be asleep.

Liverpool Crown Court heard Chan first struck after picking up three young students in Liverpool city centre one night last year.

The 19-year-old victim was sick and he demanded £70 for cleaning his car, before arriving at her shared accommodation.

He followed her into the building and up a staircase, then suddenly put a hand up her skirt, when she was not wearing underwear.

The woman feared for her friend still in his car, so ran outside and took photos of the taxi on her mobile phone, before calling police.

When arrested the next day, Chan claimed his hand may have gone up her skirt when she went to fall and he tried to stop her.

He was not charged until after a second incident this year, when he targeted a 20-year-old woman, who was "very drunk".

The student became separated from her friends on a night out in Liverpool, who went back to Warrington without her.

She was upset and got in Chan's taxi while messaging friends on WhatsApp and asked him to take her to a location.

Chan did not do this and she messaged her friends saying "he is feeling me up" and "what the F am I supposed to do".

He demanded money up front to take her home and took her to two cashpoints, before turning off her GPS for 47 minutes.

Terrified female student cried silently while being sexually assaulted by Delta taxi driver who filmed attack

"She was petrified and believed she was going to be raped... the only thing she could think of doing was pretending she was still asleep"

A terrified female student told how she cried silently and pretended to be asleep while she was being sexually assaulted by a depraved taxi driver.

Delta private hire worker Felix Chan, 35, thought he had got away with groping one young woman when he wasn't charged by police.

The married dad-of-two then targeted a second victim, taking sickening video and pictures of her naked body before she woke up and pretended to be asleep.

Liverpool Crown Court heard Chan first struck after picking up three young students in Liverpool city centre one night last year.

The 19-year-old victim was sick and he demanded £70 for cleaning his car, before arriving at her shared accommodation.

He followed her into the building and up a staircase, then suddenly put a hand up her skirt, when she was not wearing underwear.

The woman feared for her friend still in his car, so ran outside and took photos of the taxi on her mobile phone, before calling police.

When arrested the next day, Chan claimed his hand may have gone up her skirt when she went to fall and he tried to stop her.

He was not charged until after a second incident this year, when he targeted a 20-year-old woman, who was "very drunk".

The student became separated from her friends on a night out in Liverpool, who went back to Warrington without her.

She was upset and got in Chan's taxi while messaging friends on WhatsApp and asked him to take her to a location.

Chan did not do this and she messaged her friends saying "he is feeling me up" and "what the F am I supposed to do".

He demanded money up front to take her home and took her to two cashpoints, before turning off her GPS for 47 minutes.

The victim sent further messages saying "he won't stop touching me up" and "he says I can't pay so he has to".

A friend rang the victim who said Chan was touching her, before he took the phone and said "don't worry I will take care of her".

Deborah Gould, prosecuting, said the woman fell asleep and Chan's GPS showed he took her to .

She said: "That was the opportunity he took to sexually assault her and take footage of her on his mobile phone."

The woman woke up while being assaulted but was "too terrified to say or do anything, froze and pretended to be asleep".

He asked if she was okay but the woman said she didn't respond and was "crying silently with tears rolling down her face".

Chan took her home, but stopped again at a bus stop nearby, where he molested her and filmed her genitalia.

Ms Gould said: "She was petrified and believed she was going to be raped.

Terrified female student cried silently while being sexually assaulted by Delta taxi driver who filmed attack

"She was petrified and believed she was going to be raped... the only thing she could think of doing was pretending she was still asleep"

A terrified female student told how she cried silently and pretended to be asleep while she was being sexually assaulted by a depraved taxi driver.

Delta private hire worker Felix Chan, 35, thought he had got away with groping one young woman when he wasn't charged by police.

The married dad-of-two then targeted a second victim, taking sickening video and pictures of her naked body before she woke up and pretended to be asleep.

Liverpool Crown Court heard Chan first struck after picking up three young students in Liverpool city centre one night last year.

The 19-year-old victim was sick and he demanded £70 for cleaning his car, before arriving at her shared accommodation.

He followed her into the building and up a staircase, then suddenly put a hand up her skirt, when she was not wearing underwear.

The woman feared for her friend still in his car, so ran outside and took photos of the taxi on her mobile phone, before calling police.

When arrested the next day, Chan claimed his hand may have gone up her skirt when she went to fall and he tried to stop her.

He was not charged until after a second incident this year, when he targeted a 20-year-old woman, who was "very drunk".

The student became separated from her friends on a night out in Liverpool, who went back to Warrington without her.

She was upset and got in Chan's taxi while messaging friends on WhatsApp and asked him to take her to a location.

Chan did not do this and she messaged her friends saying "he is feeling me up" and "what the F am I supposed to do".

He demanded money up front to take her home and took her to two cashpoints, before turning off her GPS for 47 minutes.

The victim sent further messages saying "he won't stop touching me up" and "he says I can't pay so he has to".

A friend rang the victim who said Chan was touching her, before he took the phone and said "don't worry I will take care of her".

Deborah Gould, prosecuting, said the woman fell asleep and Chan's GPS showed he took her to .

She said: "That was the opportunity he took to sexually assault her and take footage of her on his mobile phone."

The woman woke up while being assaulted but was "too terrified to say or do anything, froze and pretended to be asleep".

He asked if she was okay but the woman said she didn't respond and was "crying silently with tears rolling down her face".

Chan took her home, but stopped again at a bus stop nearby, where he molested her and filmed her genitalia.

Ms Gould said: "She was petrified and believed she was going to be raped.

"The only thing she could think of doing was pretending she was still asleep."

The victim gave a neighbour's address because Chan insisted on walking her to the door.

Her parents found her distraught and called police, who later identified Chan on CCTV from the ATMs.

Officers arrested him at his home in Maidstone Close, Hunts Cross, where they recovered his mobile phone.

The first woman had mental health problems and said the ordeal made them even worse, leading to suicidal thoughts.

She could not walk in public or use public transport for fear of Chan seeing her and received medication and counselling.

The second woman suffered panic attacks and sleepless nights, was too scared to apply for a job in Liverpool and had counselling.

Chan, of no fixed address, admitted three counts of sexual assault and one of assault by penetration.

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Newcastle taxi drivers brought roads to a standstill on Thursday, August 23 when they launched a protest in the city centre.

A huge amount of cars descended on the same rank between Haymarket and Eldon Square at the same time, creating serious congestion in the area.

It was organised by the newly-formed Newcastle Hackney Carriage Driver Association (NHCDA) and intended to raise awareness about a number of issues for drivers in the city.

This is an issue which looks set to run and run with the possibility of further disruption so, for full transparency, here’s why drivers say they are angry.

After the protest, the NHCDA sent a statement to ChronicleLive which we are publishing below in full.

“The Newcastle Hackney carriage Drivers Association, the main body representing the city’s hackney carriage trade, has decided to exercise the right of all hackney carriage drivers by having a Go to Work Day to highlight the difficulties of having insufficient rank spaces within the city centre.

“The hackney carriage trade has suffered serious setbacks as a direct result of Newcastle City Council removing ranks without prior consultation or involvement from drivers.

“The recent closure of the taxi rank at The Gate, in particular, has created substantial difficulties for hackney carriage vehicles to move around the city and this is further exacerbated by limited or restricted access through bus lanes and gates.

“This, together with the historic closure of ranks, has caused an accumulation of problems and the hackney carriage industry feels that essential driving routes, whilst transporting members of the public, have become complicated and with increased fares, and therefore not in the interests of public safety or convenience.

“Hackney carriage drivers are keen to address the problems of insufficient rank spaces provided by Newcastle City Council.

“The difficulties of finding spaces which are accessible to members of the public, particularly at weekends, has a direct effect on traffic congestion and traffic flow.

“This is also impacted by the numbers of private hire vehicles which illegally park up and ply for hire preventing the hackney carriage trade from legally working.

“The numbers of private hire licences issued by the Licensing Department have increased threefold in as many years due to reductions in the criteria for issuing private hire licences.

“The city centre, at weekends, is flooded with private hire drivers accepting non pre-booked work and whilst there may be difficulties managing and policing this, the hackney carriage industry firmly believe it is the responsibility of the local authority to prevent this from occurring.

“The resulting issues with traffic congestion, public safety, air quality and pollution, which are known agendas for Newcastle City Council, should be tied in with their licensing policies and practices, otherwise their members are being counter-productive.

“Whilst the hackney carriage industry recognises and welcomes Newcastle City Council’s plan to further pedestrianise the city centre and increase access to shopping, leisure and tourism, drivers want members of the public to be aware of and able to use a Black Cab as an official emblem of the city and an integral part of the city centre’s transport system.”
Newcastle City Council statement

Councillor Arlene Ainsley, cabinet member for transport and air quality, said: “We have been working closely with representatives from the newly formed Newcastle Hackney Drivers Association to identify new rank spaces across the city, along with improved signage.

“It is unfortunate that rather than continuing to engage with us through this new representative group they have instead resorted to an unofficial protest causing disruption to the city centre impacting on the journey of hundreds of road users.

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