Premium Content An Uber driver who lured a teenager passenger into his car before raping her and A Brisbane District Court jury found Sakaria Taufao, 50, deliberately turned off his ride-share app before raping the 18-year-old in the back seat of his BMW sedan off a dirt road in Ipswich in 2015. It can now be revealed that Taufao had been accused of raping another young passenger in The Gap in 2017, but he was acquitted of all three rape charges after a trial in December. After the guilty verdict was handed down late on Friday afternoon, Judge Michael Burnett sentenced Taufao to seven years jail with no parole date for the cold and calculated attack.
Uber driver Sakaria Taufao jailed for raping teenage passenger
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Taufao, a New Zealand citizen, will face deportation when he is released from prison.
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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.
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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