Illegal cab driver raped student

by News admin on September 2, 2010

in Crime, Violations

Source: ITN

An illegal minicab driver is facing a long prison sentence after being convicted of raping one of his passengers.

Astor Murray was caught after being stopped by police for taxi touting six years after he attacked the 22-year-old student.

The 49-year-old’s DNA was checked against unsolved crimes and matched to evidence in the rape in 2003.

Murray, from Enfield, north London, was found guilty of rape and indecent assault at the Old Bailey and has been remanded in custody awaiting sentence.

Murray told the jury that while he admitted to being an illegal taxi tout, he hadn’t raped the student because she had consented.

Students in London are often warned of the dangers of taking unlicensed mini-cabs in the capital. The victim had told the court she’d be out with friends when Murry approached her at a bus-stop – offering to take her home for a tenner.

As a result of the attack the women says she is now afraid of going out alone and has not been able to have a relationship with a man since the incident.

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