GLASGOW

A WOMAN was sexually assaulted after getting into a car which may have been a taxi.

A man and woman helped the 23-year-old into the vehicle in Renfield Street, Glasgow, at around 1.35am on Monday April 13.

The car then drove off towards Great Western Road, where the woman was subjected to a sexual assault near the Lincoln Inn.

Before getting into the vehicle the woman had been eating in Bistro Takeaway on Renfield Street at around 1am.

Police are trying to establish whether the vehicle the victim got into was a taxi or a private car.

They are also keen to speak to the man and woman who helped her into the vehicle.

Detective Inspector Greg Wilkie said: “We are in the process of reviewing CCTV images and are keen to speak to anyone who was within Bistro Takeaway, Renfield Street or anyone who was on Great Western Road who may have information which could assist our investigation.

“We are still trying to establish if the car the woman got into was a licensed cab or a private car. I would urge anyone with any knowledge or information to contact us as a matter of urgency.”

http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/woman-sexually-assaulted-after-getting-in-taxi-1-3753997
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Chester 'fake taxi' rape trial accused gives evidence

Crown court jury hears defendant accessed online porn before offence alleged to have taken place

Analysis of a laptop seized from the home of a man standing trial for rape revealed that pornographic videos and images were accessed minutes before the offence is alleged to have occurred.

Masood Mansouri, 33, of Shannon Close in Saltney, took the stand in the hearing at Chester Crown Court on Friday (April 24).

He is accused of the kidnap, rape and sexual assault of a young woman from Colwyn Bay during the early hours of August 10 last year.

Prosecution claim that the 20-year-old got in Mansouri’s car after mistaking it for a taxi to take her and two friends to Bar 69 in Boughton and that he took her to his home where he carried out the sex attack.

Seven days laster, she committed suicide.

http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-fake-taxi-rape-trial-9115102
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BATH

Driver to compensate man who jumped out of his moving taxi
A Bath man who suffered severe brain damage after jumping out of a moving taxi will receive damages from the cabbie who "abducted" him.

Kristopher Hicks leapt from the vehicle after believing he was being held against his will. London's High Court heard driver Michael Young, who was travelling at more than 20mph, formed the view Kristopher and his girlfriend, were not going to pay the fare, and had instead planned to "do a runner".
To teach the couple a lesson he decided to drive them back to the taxi rank, causing them as much inconvenience as he could.

Mr Justice Edis said there was no basis for Michael's belief and Kristopher, who found himself being driven off by a stranger, decided to escape.
The end result is that the claimant decided to jump out of the taxi at a dangerous speed. I do not know why he did this.

It may have been that he misjudged the speed and thought it was safe to do so, but the true motive will never be known.

– MR JUSTICE EDIS

He said Kristopher was driven away from his home unlawfully for about three-quarters of a mile which, taken on its own, would be an irritating and unsettling incident, but not one with serious consequences.

Kristopher has never been able to speak to anyone about the incident after a night out in the city in November 2010, when he was 23.

Both sides were given permission to appeal.

http://www.itv.com/news/west/update/2015-04-24/driver-to-compensate-man-who-jumped-out-of-his-moving-taxi/