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Uber driver Sakaria Taufao jailed for raping teenage passenger
An Uber driver who kept a teenage passenger’s licence as a “trophy” for almost two years after he raped her on a secluded road in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, has been sentenced to seven years in jail.
Key points:
- After half a day of deliberations, the jury found Taufao guilty of rape
- Taufao, a New Zealand Citizen, has served 3.5 years in custody and is already eligible for parole
- Taufao will face deportation when he is released from prison
Sakaria Taufao, 51, forced the 18-year-old to have “quick and rough” sexual intercourse in the back of his car at Redbank Plains in September 2015.
Prosecutors told the District Court in Brisbane that Taufao had approached the teenager while she was walking home from a nightclub in the Ipswich CBD and asked…
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