51 h. ago A rapist taxi driver, a masked phone thief and an 'obsessed' man amongst those locked up this week

Prison terms are handed out to the worst offenders each week

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57 h. ago Duffy suffers another heartbreak as mum dies 10 years after harrowing rape and kidnap ordeal

Warwick Avenue singer Duffy has suffered another heartbreak just weeks after she made an unexpected return to the spotlight following her horrific rape and kidnap ordeal

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3 d. ago Inside Patsy Palmer's life with taxi driver husband and kids after swapping UK for Los Angeles

EastEnders legend Patsy Palmer will be swapping Walford for the Celebrity Big Brother house in a matter of days but actually lives in Los Angeles with her family

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3 d. ago ‘Taxi Driver’ writer Paul Schrader accused of sexually assaulting his former personal assistant

Exclusive: The 26-year-old woman’s bombshell allegations emerged after the legendary filmmaker allegedly reneged on a confidential settlement he agreed to in February, according to civil court documents obtained by The Independent

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4 d. ago Vulnerable woman driven to remote location and raped by twisted taxi driver

"The public place their trust in taxi drivers... For your own sexual needs, you shattered those boundaries and caused significant harm to your victim."

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4 d. ago Taxi driver drove passenger to remote location and raped her in horrific attack

Abdul Amiri has been jailed for an appalling attack on a woman trying to get home after a night out

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6 d. ago ''Vulnerable' teen girl 'raped in horrific attack' as six boys arrested

The 15-year-old girl, described as "vulnerable" by Sussex Police, has been allegedly raped in a "horrific attack" in a field in Chichester with the force saying that six boys have been arrested.

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6 d. ago 'Vulnerable' girl, 15, 'raped in horrific attack' as six teen boys arrested

The 15-year-old girl, described as "vulnerable" by Sussex Police, has been allegedly raped in a "horrific attack" in a field in Chichester with the force saying that six boys have been arrested

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1 week ago Man posing as taxi driver sexually assaulted woman who got into his car

He took advantage of his victim after she had been out drinking in Cardiff city centre and had lost her friends

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1 week ago Taxi driver's nose broken as passenger smashes him in face with wine bottle

Anthony Griffiths, 49, attacked a taxi driver then destroyed a police van after being arrested

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1 week ago Taxi driver, 51, who sexually assaulted a teenage girl on her ride home after a night out is jailed

Jaswinder Singh (pictured), 51, picked up the 18-year-old girl in Falkirk on February 4 2025. Singh then sexually assaulted her inside the vehicle leaving the victim 'completely distraught'.

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1 week ago Scots sex beast taxi driver jailed for abusing passenger on journey home

Jaswinder Singh had picked up the woman before pouncing on her as he took her home.

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1 week ago South Ayrshire taxi driver says former bosses didn't back him over speeding

Connor McColm told councillors that he was sanctioned despite the incident happening outwith his usual shift.

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2 w. ago Ayr taxi driver told terrified teenager to 'drop dead' and said he'd rather 'take a junkie'

Mr Nutt asked for a tip after the young girl paid her fare.

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2 w. ago Inquest hears more details about taxi driver, 79, who died in house fire

An inquest has opened into the death of John Fairbrother, who died following a fire at his Oldham home on February 20

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2 w. ago Adolescence star Stephen Graham breaks down in tears during interview as host says: 'we didn't want to make you cry!'

The actor, 51, who is currently starring in Netflix hit Adolescence, idolised Robert De Niro as a child and had a poster of him from the film Taxi Driver on his wall.

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2 w. ago Owen Cooper in Adolescence: the best child acting debut since Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver?

Adolescence director Philip Barantini tells us about working with the ‘natural-born talent’ that is Owen Cooper

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2 w. ago Scots woman 'repeatedly raped by Paris taxi driver' before fighting her way free

A Scots woman who has accused a Paris taxi driver of 'raping her repeatedly' fought her way free

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2 w. ago British tourist who was 'repeatedly raped by a taxi driver' in Paris fought her way free before running for MILES, police sources say

The tourist, who cannot be named for legal reasons, 'scratched the neck' of the unidentified driver and then escaped after he attacked her in the Bois de Boulogne.

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3 w. ago Revealed: Sobbing Brit sex attack victim was found 'in a state of utter fear' in a garden after 'fleeing taxi driver who repeatedly raped her in Paris woods' after night out

A British tourist who was allegedly repeatedly raped by a taxi driver in Paris was found 'crying and in a state of utter fear' in a garden in the early hours of the morning. 

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