Deported: Sex creep taxi driver to be kicked out of Australia
A SEX creep taxi driver is finally being kicked out of Australia and is in detention in Melbourne prior to his deportation back to India.
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SEX creep taxi driver Jagdeep Singh is finally being kicked out of Australia.
Several Australian Border Force officers grabbed him at his Lalor home and put him in detention prior to his deportation back to India.
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal foiled Immigration Minister Peter Dutton’s first attempt to get rid of Singh after he pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting a female passenger in December 2015.
Singh appealed against the visa cancellation decision made by a delegate for Mr Dutton.
AAT senior member Miriam Holmes then overturned the delegate’s deportation decision in November last year and reinstated Singh’s visa.
She did so despite making a formal finding that Singh committed “a significant sexual offence involving a vulnerable member of the public while the applicant was engaged as a taxi driver”.
Mr Dutton last night exercised his power to overrule the AAT and ordered that Singh be detained by Australian Border Force officers and deported.
A spokesman for Mr Dutton confirmed to the Herald Sun that Singh’s visa had been cancelled again.
Ms Holmes gave Singh, 34, his visa back in November last year, despite finding “it was apparent to the Tribunal that the applicant showed no remorse in relation to the criminal offence”.
In her written decision outlining why she overturned the deportation decision of Mr Dutton’s delegate, Ms Holmes said the cancellation of the visa had adversely affected Singh’s ability to manage his psychological condition with his treating psychologist.
She also said Singh’s wife had demonstrated depressive symptoms require anti-depression medication and would suffer emotional hardship if her husband’s visa was cancelled.
The decision noted that if Singh’s visa were cancelled he would become an “unlawful noncitizen” and might be liable for detention and possible removal from Australia.
Singh arrived in Australia from India in 2008 on a student visa as a dependent of his wife and started work as a taxi driver in Melbourne in 2011.
Singh’s victim hailed his cab outside Crown casino and asked Singh to driver her home to Clayton.
She asked him to start the cab meter, but Singh replied for her not to worry and that something could be worked out later.
While Singh was driving he used his left hand to reach behind him to grab her leg and touch her hand.
She repeatedly said “no” to Singh before eventually succeeding in pushing his hand away.
When Singh drove into the driveway of her home she put money on the centre console and got out of the taxi.
Singh jumped out of the cab and put his arms around the woman and hugged her close to his body.
He told her he didn’t want her money and said “please, let’s work something out”.
She told him “no” and that he should take the money, at which point he kissed her on the neck.
The woman twisted her body to get away from Singh, but as she got to the gate he grabbed her from behind and pressed himself up against her.
She managed to get away for him again, told him to get back in the cab and leave her alone.
As she opened her front door he pushed her inside against a staircase and tried to kiss her neck and face.
Singh ran off after her screams alerted her housemate to the sexual attack.
He was caught and pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting the woman and was given an 18-month community corrections order in December 2015 requiring him to do 150 hours of unpaid community service.