Bogus cabbie admits attack

A MAN who posed as a taxi driver to abduct and sexually assault a young woman has been placed on the sex offenders register.

Manzoor Hassan, 34, scoured the streets of Edinburgh in the early hours of the morning before a 20-year-old woman got into his car, believing it to be a taxi. But, instead of driving the student to a hostel where she was staying, Hassan drove around until she fell asleep and then assaulted her.

At the High Court in Livingston yesterday Hassan, of Home Street, Edinburgh, admitted abduction and sexual assault to the woman's injury. Allegations that Hassan tried to rape his victim were removed from the charge.

Judge Lady Smith put Hassan on the sex offenders register and deferred sentence for reports.