A pretend rideshare driver who preyed upon a 17-year-old lady in a brazen sexual assault in Melbourne has been jailed.
Faizan Abdullah, 29, sexually assaulted the teenager within the early hours of February 7 final yr after pretending to be her rideshare driver.
He stored his head down on Thursday morning as Justice of the Peace Donna Bakos described his offending as “outrageous” and sentenced him to fifteen months behind bars.
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“She trusted you were her Uber driver as you led her to believe. You instead violated her,” Ms Bakos stated.
“Members of the public have the right to feel safe and be safe without the threat of being preyed upon by a sexual predator.”
Abdullah was criticised for telling police the girl had led him on.
The lady stated she had struggled by means of her remaining yr of faculty due to Abdullah’s actions and had withdrawn from family and friends.
She felt as if her innocence had been taken.
Ms Bakos counseled her, saying her bravery and resilience shone by means of.
Abdullah, a PhD scholar, now faces deportation to Pakistan.
His attorneys had urged the Justice of the Peace to think about a sentence lower than 12 months, which might permit him renew his scholar visa and keep away from being despatched residence.
But Ms Bakos stated a 15-month jail time period was applicable as a result of the group wanted to be deterred from committing comparable offences.
Abdullah could possibly be launched from custody as early as Thursday after already serving 475 days in pre-sentence detention.
He’ll even be added to the intercourse offenders register for eight years after admitting possession of 69 youngster abuse pictures and movies.