Indian- origin man sentenced for assaulting women
Sunday, 08/05/2016
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JMelbourne: An Indian-origin taxi driver in NewZealand has been sentenced to three months home detention for ‘indecent assault’ on two women in separate incidents, a media report said on Saturday. Sandeep Kumar, an Auckland taxi driver, twice groped women passengers in his cab. He has been sentenced to three months home detention so that he can support his wife and child, NZ Herald reported.
Kumar previously pleaded guilty to two counts of ‘indecent assault’ after he preyed on intoxicated young women who had trusted him to drive them home, the report said.“People should be able to catch taxis without the threat of offending against them. It should be a safe way for young women to get home at night,” Judge Nevin Dawson said. “Your offending not only makes it difficult for young women to rely on taxi services but now also casts aspersions on all other taxi drivers; unfairly so,” the Judge said. The first incident took place in September 2014 when Kumar picked up a young woman from Ponsonby suburb of Auckland city.
