Taxi driver who sexually assaulted sleeping passenger and boasted she had 'no clue' about it jailed

A taxi driver who sexually assaulted his passenger after she fell asleep in the back of his car has been jailed.

Lucel Tugui performed a series of vile acts on the woman, driving past her home and taking her to a remote location. CCTV recording from inside his vehicle captured the 'devious predator' bragging that his victim 'has no clue what happened' after dropping her back home.

A trial at Liverpool Crown Court, prosecuted by Paul Becker, previously heard that she had attended a friend's birthday party at a property in Liverpool city centre on the evening of Sunday, July 31, last year. But she "drank too much too quickly and became very drunk", being called a taxi as others moved onwards to nearby bars.

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The young woman in her 20s was helped into Tugui's taxi at around 1.30am on August 1 "in a very vulnerable position and obviously sick". But while her journey home should have taken under half an hour to complete, she did not arrive until nearly an hour-and-a-half later, reports the ECHO.

The Delta driver had instead continued past her address after she had fallen asleep and taken her to a "secluded location" in Knowsley. There, Tugui - of Maureen Walk in Fazakerley - stopped his car and switched off his engine and was then caught on camera, in what was described as "extremely disturbing" video footage, performing sex acts on the complainant and forcing her to perform a sex act.

She later told police that she had woken up during the 33-year-old's attack but kept her eyes shut and did not move out of fear. The woman believed she was going to be raped and thought he would kill her if she