Taxi driver sexually assaulted passenger after she refused sex with himA taxi driver sexually assaulted a teenager after she refused to have sex with him as payment for the fare.
Christopher Doyle, 44, had told the girl he gave "freebies" in return for sexual favours shortly before carrying out the terrifying attack on her.
He told the 17-year-old he had been paid with sexual favours previously after she told him she was "skint" as he drove her home from a nightclub.
He then put his hand on her thigh and genitals and when the girl fled from his cab, he followed her out and pressed himself up against her as she was trapped against his vehicle.
Doyle, of Wiston Place, Dundee, admitted carrying out the indecent assault on the girl in Longforgan, near Dundee, on October 10, 2010.
He was placed on probation and the sex offenders register for three years, banned from having any unsupervised contact with anyone under 17 and banned from taking any voluntary or paid work without having the job approved by his social worker.
Perth Sheriff Court heard how Doyle struck after the girl was left on her own with him and he drove her up a quiet lane and switched off the vehicle's lights.
Fiscal depute Carol Whyte said the girl had been at Fat Sam's nightclub in Dundee when she and her friend were picked up by Doyle.
She said: "The complainer's friend was dropped off by the accused. Before the taxi left her friend's house the complainer moved into the front seat as she did not want to sit in the back because of the child locks. She was then driven to Longforgan at her request. She told the accused she was 'really skint' and asked to be dropped off at the bus stop. The accused asked her if she lived far away."
Ms Whyte added: "He said he had given freebies before and asked her if she knew how he had done that. The girl realised he was talking about sex and said she would pay her fare."
Doyle then told the girl he would cut the fare to "ten pounds and a snog." He then drove on and pulled into a quiet lane where he told the teenager 'no-one can see us'."
Miss Whyte said: "When she arrived home her parents saw she was in a hysterical state and the police were contacted. Swabs of DNA taken from the girl's body matched the DNA of Doyle."
Doyle was also told he could only be in the supervised company of children with the approval of social workers and placed on probation for three years.
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