Taxi 'Good Samaritan' Jailed For Sex Attack On Young Woman

A sexual predator, who pursued a woman half his age and insisted he had the right to molest her because he paid for their taxi, has been jailed.

Jeetender Singh, 41, offered to look after the 22 year-old woman as she tried to catch a taxi home from Piccadilly Circus in the early hours of Valentine's Day in 2015.

She had fallen ill during a night out with friends and Singh offered to help her as she waited for a taxi and also jumped in when it arrived.

During the journey she threw up and the driver demanded extra money.

Singh, of West Hill, Putney instructed their taxi driver to stop at a cashpoint en route so he could withdraw the additional money and paid the fare.

When they arrived at her North Kensington address Singh – who she knew only as 'Hazim' – followed her to the front door, insisting he would look after her.

The victim said she was fine and just wanted to go to bed.

As she went through the door and attempted to close it, Singh pushed past her into the flat.

The victim kept asking him to leave but he refused.

Blackfriars Crown Court heard the young woman collapsed into her bed and woke up to find Singh sexually assaulting her.

She told him to get off her to which he replied: "It's the least you can do for me, I paid for the taxi."

The victim then pushed Singh off her and he left her flat.

When she contacted police, the victim gave a detailed description of the man who had attacked her to police.

Officers spoke with the taxi driver, who identified the ATM they stopped at for the cash withdrawal.

The suspect was later identified as Singh through CCTV and the bank details obtained from the ATM.

He was arrested on July 6, last year at Heathrow Airport after returning to the UK.

He was interviewed and denied the offence, but was charged on 10 October 2016.

After a five-day trial Singh was convicted of assault by penetration and sentenced to five years imprisonment and made subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Detective Sergeant Paula Hill, from the Metropolitan Police's Child Abuse and Sexual Offences Command, said: "This was a serious sexual offence committed with some element of planning by the defendant.

“Singh completely took advantage of a vulnerable female after a night out in central London.

“Once inside her home address on the context of helping her he refused to leave.

"The victim was left distraught by this attack, but has showed extreme bravery in attending court to give evidence.

“She is very pleased with the verdict and feels that she may have prevented Singh committing similar crimes on other women."