A taxi driver locked a woman with learning difficulties in his cab and sexually assaulted her, a court heard.
Muhammed Hasan is accused of molesting a college student he picked up after she had been out with friends.
The woman had been to Babylon nightclub in Guildhall Walk when she left alone and rang Aqua Cars for a taxi, Portsmouth Crown Court heard.
Hasan was sent to pick her up just after 2am on March 28 last year.
Part way into the journey Hasan stopped the car, the court heard.
Prosecutor Gary Venturi said: 'He either told her or asked her to get into the front seat. She did, not sure what was going on, not sure what else to do.
'Having got into the front seat Mr Hasan suggested that perhaps they could go somewhere in Southsea together.
'She said "no I want to go home".'
He said the 35-year-old driver then assaulted the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
Afterwards Hasan drove to a shop on Albert Road, Southsea, and locked the woman in the car, telling her he was going to buy condoms, the court heard.
CCTV from the shop shows Hasan buying the contraceptives along with cabs of Red Bull and an alcopop.
'He returned to the car to see she had gone,' Mr Venturi said. 'She had made good her escape.
'She got some distance before she was able to phone her mother for help.
'Her mother describes an hysterical phone call from her daughter.'
Hasan, of Toronto Road, Portsmouth, has pleaded not guilty to one charge of false imprisonment and one of sexual assault.
He was arrested shortly after the police were called and told officers he had done nothing wrong.
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