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Taxi driver kissed girl ‘to comfort her’

A TAXI driver accused of sexually assaulting a teenager in the back of his car broke down in tears and said he was comforting the girl after he spurned her advances. Ali Hassan, aged 34, told Bolton Crown Court yesterday that the 18-year-old confessed she “liked black men” before pushing him up against the car door and kissing him.

Hassan, a private hire driver of Bertrand Road, Bolton, denies touching and kissing the girl while she was in the back of his taxi. His DNA was found in a swab taken off the girl’s neck but Hassan, who works for Metro in Tonge Moor, told the court he kissed her neck to comfort her.

Michael Maher, defending, led Hassan through the events of January 4 last year when the girl got into his car at Nelson Square about 2.45am. Hassan told the court he was off duty and waiting for a friend when the girl “begged” him to take her home.

He said: “She said she liked African people, they are friendly. Her exact words were “I like black people”. That’s when I started to say “can you sit back and put your seat belt on please”.” Hassan said she reacted with a “bad temper” and proclaimed “you are all the same, you are all dogs”.

He told the jury the girl started crying and said: “I was trying to comfort her. I said I didn’t want to hurt her, I was feeling it was my fault.” He claims she then pushed him against the door and kissed him on the stomach. Hassan also denies attempted sexual assault in relation to another 18- year-old female passenger.

Originally from Somalia, Hassan worked as a truck driver in Holland before moving to the UK and starting his taxi job in October 2007. He is married and has four young children.

The case continues.

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IDFIMH

Mmmm...... Oh well I suppose it's best to wait to see how this turns out before any comments about how he should be treated are made. Nonetheless it's a strange way to comfort somebody and a strange reason why you would

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

sure it wasnt cheryl cole? she likes em well....er...tanned

Yeh alright ..... that was the first thing he did wrong....

its the golden rule drunk female passenger leave well alone because when she sobers up its a different world

By the way sussex I never knew that Bolton was in Derbyshire and all these years i thought it was a Lancashire town just up the road from manchester !

Derby, Bolton, if it's above Gatwick it's all the same to me.

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IDFIMH

so then, how do the CRB checks work in a case like this again?

Our council require that non British drivers get a conduct report from their embassy and it has to be translated into English.

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Life? Don't talk to me about life!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjm2eslm6hI

Drunk or not it is sensible to leave all female passengers well alone. If drivers take a serious liking to a passenger I suggest they arrange a date

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

Are you free this weekend.

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Grandad,

In full agreement there !! tactical words should always apply along with caution....

Derby,Bolton,it's all the same?

Shame on you Mr Sussex!

You weren't the driver I spoke to at Gatwick were you?...Derby?...Is that off the A45?
Give me strength....it's in God's own county don't you know!

Mr Derbyshire

Currently at Beaconsfield,just had me healthy McD's brekkie.Got a Heathrow to Leeds this morning.No wonder I'm now on 47000 miles after 9 months!

Oh,and drunken female passengers....it's a BIG no no!

You must be worth a fortune.