Taxi driver convicted of rape, kidnapping and molestation of female passengers – Greater Oslo

– My client disagrees with the verdict, says the man’s defender Asfand-yar Thathal. On the night of 8 July 2022, a young woman got into a taxi in the center of Oslo. The driver drove to a car park at Sognsvann. Here, according to the indictment, the woman was raped in the car. She was unable to resist what was happening. Kidnapped for almost five hours on February 25, 2023, the taxi driver once again took a female passenger with him. The time is 00:39. The woman gets into the taxi at Solli plass. The driver drives her to various places in Oslo with several longer stops and molests her, according to the indictment. After almost five hours in the car, a little before 05:30 in the morning, the woman is dropped off in Ullevålsveien. Before she got out, the driver stole a bank card from her purse. The taxi’s bank terminal was drawn and charged. Amount NOK 2,250. The kidnapping trip The women reported the conditions. After extensive police work, the man was caught. Based on GPS positions linked to the taxi’s driving record and information from various toll stations, the police have made an animation film. It shows the taxi’s movements on the night one of the women was kidnapped. The film was presented as evidence in the trial. news has gained access to it. In court, the driver only pleaded guilty to stealing the bank card and using it. Now the Oslo District Court has also found him guilty of rape, kidnapping and sexual assault of the two women. The 30-year-old has been sentenced to six years in prison. The sentence is the same as the prosecutor requested. The man has also been sentenced to pay NOK 250,000 in compensation to the woman who was raped and NOK 120,000 to the woman who was kidnapped and raped. – Disappointed The man’s defender Asfand-yar Thathal has informed the client about the sentence. – He disagrees with the verdict and is disappointed. The lawyer says that the verdict can be appealed. – Yes, it is appropriate to appeal the verdict. – Thorough judgment Hege Salomon is the legal representative for the woman who was kidnapped. – It is a thorough and well-reasoned judgement. She has particularly noted some of what the Oslo District Court writes in the judgment. “These are cunning actions in which the defendant has taken advantage of the fact that he, as a taxi driver, has gained access to drunk women. He has used this access to drive around with them and subject them to abuse. Such actions can have consequences for women’s behavior if they can no longer find it safe to take a taxi home.” Escaped from the country The trial against the former taxi driver should actually have gone to court in March this year. But it was postponed because the defendant disappeared. He was wanted internationally. At the beginning of April, he was arrested at a border crossing between Germany and Denmark. Since then, the 30-year-old has been in custody. The Oslo District Court has also denied the man the right to operate passenger transport forever. Published 26.11.2024, at 12.16 Updated 26.11.2024, at 13.29



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