"A taxi driver tried to molest me in his minivan - I was absolutely terrified"

A young woman has told of the terrifying moment a predatory taxi driver tried to sexually assault her as he gave her a lift home after a night out.

Khairul Ehsan, 43, lunged at the 24-year-old victim and tried to grab and kiss her as she travelled home in his minivan taxi, Hull Live reports. She 'couldn't get out of the car' as he 'got on top of her' in the horrifying incident.

The victim has now bravely spoken out about her ordeal after Ehsan was jailed for three months and placed on the sex offenders' register for seven years.

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She described how she first met him when he had picked her up with friends in Hull city centre. She recalls how he was friendly and offered to help her out if she ever needed a taxi in future.

The woman said: "I was complaining to him about the night out as there had been a couple of things that had upset me and he was really nice about it. We got chatting about how it is always a struggle to get a taxi in Hull on a night out and he gave me his number and told me to call him if I ever needed a lift if he was working.

"He messaged me a couple of times asking me how I was. He would say things like 'hey sexy' and 'can't wait to see your sexy face', but I just thought it was harmless banter.

It was on the night on June 22, 2019, when things took a sinister turn, Hull Crown Court heard. The woman said: "I had been on a night out in Propaganda and he picked me up from a takeaway in Paragon Square. Usually I always sit in the back of a taxi, but because I felt like I knew him and had spoken to him before I decided to sit in the front. He was driving a mini-van so there were a few spaces in the front and I sat