No prison time for taxi driver Omar Hassan who sexually assaulted passenger
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theage.com.auPosted May 11, 2016, 8:32 AM UTC
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theage.com.auShould have caught Uber.
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"Something came over you and you took advantage of her circumstances."
Yeah, it's called rape. The desire to rape came over him. Call it what it is.
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…to claim the offending would not have occurred…
…Such offending had the potential to…
…had called for a jail term given the serious offending…
Was this story outsourced to the third world?
...because of Hassan's otherwise good character.
So he's a nice guy, if you don't count his convictions for sexual assault.
Maybe he can get a gig as a school crossing supervisor?
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So he's a nice guy, if you don't count his convictions for sexual assault.
You are allowed 2 sexual assaulys every 10 years, and one killing a cyclist with your car.
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So he's a nice guy, if you don't count his convictions for sexual assault.
Would you much rather have someone imprisoned and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars for every offence against the person, not to mention going to prison would just make things worse in the vast majority of cases.
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I was merely pointing out the stupidity of the statement.
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It's not a stupid statement, it's a statement of fact.
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No, it's stupid.
If he was actually of good character at all, he wouldn't have assaulted the girl.
For all we know, he's done other equally bad things and just hasn't been caught.
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Wait so a taxi driver sexually assaulted a female passenger, it took 19 months for charges to be laid, he was let off without jail in the hopes that it sent a "strong message", his lawyer suggested it was the victim's fault for sitting in the front seat... WTF.
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He said Hassan had done "exceptionally well" after leaving war-torn Ethiopia as a young man to raise a family, gain steady work and deal with post-traumatic stress disorder.
In what world is sexual assault an "exceptionally" good way of dealing with PTSD? What is wrong with Australia's judges?
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PTSD is just a bullshit defence. My lawyer used to say shit like that in court as well. It's vague enough to be plausible. Most of the africans that come to Australia still fly back to Somalia, etc for holidays so that shows you how traumatic they had it there.
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You have no idea what you're talking about. Just because you are lucky enough not to have lived through a civil war doesn't mean you have the right to belittle someone's struggles. People going back to their home counties doesn't mean that they weren't traumatized.
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Basically what your dumb ass is saying that any Vietnamese who decided to go to visit Vietnam have not been psychologically effected by the civil war.
I am a Muslim and from East Africa. I am lucky enough to have not lived through the civil war, but I know many people who have. I know women who were physically assaulted but still go back to visit their family in their home country.
Unless you have have ground breaking research proving your point on PTSD I suggest you keep your ignorant, bigoted mouth shut.
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Now that is the important part. Stop bagging the lawyer for doing his job and make sure the Prosecutors do their job.
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He looks like he's drunk by midday and considering jumping in front of a train.
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surprisingly not far from the truth :)
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I think most barristers are like that.
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what you think this was his advice?
i aint defending this cunt of a taxi driver but do you honestly believe a lawyer...who has studied for a fair few years.... would advocate for this defense...you know throw their whole career away by thinking this is a good defense?
fuck you idiots for up voting this retard
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Fuck off dickweed! He presented it to the court and was probably his idea
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yeh man your most likely right hadn't thought if that way
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Suspended sentences are complete garbage.
Goes to show how worthles sour judicial system is. The cops reel them in and then the judges let them go.
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Suspended sentences are complete garbage.
So is the prison system. It doesn't deter nor reduce crime.
Goes to show how worthles sour judicial system is.
Studies have shown when individuals understand the full facts of a case they chose sentences on par with judges. That doesnt discount rare absurdities which are resolved on appeal but it accounts for the vast majority of cases.
The cops reel them in and then the judges let them go.
Your simplification doesn't help because it doesn't capture the reasons behind why crime occur, using your thinking judging by your words, criminals are thoughtless animals which don't act using free will, nor have other motivations or limitations effecting offending. Every criminal aside from the huge minority with life sentences are eventually 'let go' - much better to do avoiding the prison system.
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Yeah I guess his reason of her sitting in the front seat is totally fair enough. :P
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Only Parliament can sort it out via mandatory sentencing if they can manage it.
Mandatory sentencing is cruel and irrational.
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Sexually assaulting people is cruel and irrational.
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you, I and the legal system should be better than criminals.
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That is why our prisons are overloaded....yeah..../s
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Suspended sentences can no longer be given in Victoria. The only reason this was is because the offence occurred before 1 September 2014.
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Hassan is suspended from driving a taxi and unlikely to do so again after being convicted of three counts of indecent assault.
Stopping him from driving? The first 2 times could have been a mistake I guess, so it's good they gave him another 2 chances - just to make sure.
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Likely the three counts come from this one case/instance.
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Didn't you guys get the memo? Only white men can be rapists now. If you accuse a black man of being a rapist, that's just your internalised racism speaking.
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Hey guys, look at my shitposting! Sarcastic race-baiting has never been so obnoxious, this thread's going to need chemotherapy by the time I'm through with it!
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Ugh, I love the mansplaining. I'm enjoying it.
Edit: My fully sick pop culture reference went over everyone's heads! Oh noes!
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Wow I sure do love non sequiturs as well, Jehovah's Witness, germophobia, South Park the Movie, Asia, three men in a boat.
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I'm sorry, but I just don't think of cats that way.
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Come on guys, it's her fault, she should have sat in the back and not worn suggestive clothing and the guy is a Muslim so its our fault really, you're racist.
/apologist
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Uncovered plates of meat should be a bit more wary of their surroundings!
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Fuck me I thought everyone knew taxis were sexual-assault-mobiles.
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It was obviously the woman's fault and would not have happened if she was wearing a burka.
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An eye for an eye and all that but this guy needs his dick punched in.
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Bad man, not welcome here anymore.
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"sexual assault".. Did he touch her breast or rape her? Or is there no difference / are they equal?
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They've clarified in the article it's serious offending. Connect the dots.
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Actually, he was convicted of three charges of indecent assault. Had he been convicted of rape, different charges would apply.
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The term "sexual assault" has been so trivialised that it's lost it's meaning.
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What message does this send?
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I thought the passenger was supposed to give the driver the tip?
I'll see myself out......
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The fuck is wrong with this dickhead?
He's counsel for the defence, it's his job to defend the indefensible.
Its not a defence.
Morally it's not a defence, legally it is. It's the "grasping at straws" defence.
Why would a Wookiee, an 8-foot-tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of 2-foot-tall Ewoks?
Very grasping at straws. If I were a judge I'd be more likely to give the defendant jail time with that kind of statement (can the guy not control himself?). I'd prefer an apology.
No, it's not a defence. Most likely the lawyer advised that it wouldn't be a good thing to say but the accused pushed it and he was bound to say it. Because that argument is horrible and no properly trained lawyer should consider it a good thing to say legally.
To end Paedophilia we need to stop creating sexy children.
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Actually it does.
It includes defending a client in a court of law.
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The counsel just says what the accused wants them too. They can say they disagree and don't think it would help the case. But if the accused pushes them they can't refuse to say it.
Just like a doctor can advise the best course of treatment but the patient doesn't have to comply.
Don't blame a lawyer for doing his job. He probably hated saying it more than you.
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I've worked with Mallick, the man's a turdwaffle.
I felt enraged reading this. I guess I have been doing the wrong this whole time by sitting in the front seat as I have difficulty with my legs and need to have the fan close to my face..