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Uber drivers accused of 32 rapes and sex attacks on London passengers in last year alone

EXCLUSIVE: But only two UK police forces responded to Sun enquiries into taxi rapes

UBER drivers are accused of rape or sex attacks on customers nearly three
times a month in London.

They were suspects in 32 cases reported by female passengers in the capital
across 12 months.

The tap-and-ride app, which now operates in 20 UK cities, claims to be the
“safest ride on the road”.

It offers cheaper fares because it is not regulated by fixed prices in the
same way as black-cab taxis, but has been dogged by controversy worldwide.

Rapid growth ... Uber offers cheaper fares than black cabs but is under growing pressure

PA:Press Association


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The California-based firm has been hit with a string of sexual assault claims
in the US and it was banned in New Delhi, India, after a passenger was
raped.

The Sun requested information from 14 police forces on sexual attacks
involving Uber drivers in the year to February.

Only two forces responded with figures.

Only two police forces out of 14 contacted responded with information on the number of rape allegations against Uber drivers

PA:Press Association

West Yorkshire Police disclosed four reports of serious sex assaults and eight
violence incidents.

Meanwhile, the Met in London dealt with 154 allegations involving taxi
drivers, including minicabs, private chauffeurs and even rickshaw riders.

Of those, 32 involved Uber drivers — the equivalent of one alleged attack
every 11 days.

Uber driver Aliriza Kurt, 42, was jailed for 18 months in January for sexually
assaulting a woman in Brixton.

The company yesterday said it takes allegations against drivers “seriously”.

A spokesman added: “Drivers who use Uber have undergone the same enhanced
criminal record checks as black-cab drivers, teachers and care workers.”