Taxi driver Sandeep Singh showered teens with freebies in exchange for sex
A CREEPY cabbie has been busted giving schoolkids drugs, burgers, alcohol and free rides in exchange for sex.
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A CREEPY cabbie has been busted giving schoolchildren drugs, burgers, alcohol and free rides in exchange for sex.
While his partner and young daughter were at home, taxi driver Sandeep Singh, 28, committed a series of sickening attacks on a 14-year-old schoolgirl and her friends.
He met them after being booked to drive one home, and swapped details with her so they could meet up to smoke cannabis together.
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He spent weeks driving the girl and two of her friends around for free and buying them drugs, alcohol and fast food.
When they asked him to supply them with cannabis in February last year Singh agreed, but said he wouldn’t take money because he wasn’t a drug dealer.
Instead he demanded the girls pay him with sex, and told them to send him nude pictures of themselves to prove they were serious.
One agreed and he drove her to an unknown location at 1am that night and demanded they have sex. When the girl begged him to stop Singh ordered her: “don’t stop me, I’m giving you bud (cannabis) for this”.
It was the first of two times Singh, who had lied about his age, attacked the girl. He later warned her not to say anything to anyone.
He tried to blame his victims after his arrest but ultimately pleaded guilty to charges of possessing child pornography, inviting a minor to be concerned in child pornography, and sexual penetration of a child.
Sentencing him to a term of four years and 11 months’ imprisonment on Tuesday, County Court judge Wendy Wilmouth slammed his predatory behaviour.
“The complainants were young teenagers, all aged 14, who were vulnerable and easily manipulated,” she said.
“The law recognises that at their age they are too young to make reasoned decisions and thus are incapable of giving consent to sexual activity.”
Judge Wilmouth said despite some mitigating factors, Singh had pleaded guilty at an early stage, was remorseful and had mental health problems, there was no alternative but jail.
Judge Wilmouth placed Singh on the sex offenders register for life and said he faced deportation when released from jail.
He must serve at least two and a half years before becoming eligible for parole.