Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Jamal Mohammed, identified as the Uber driver who tried to rape young girl in his Toyota Auris car in Newbold, Rochdale. (Read More Here).
Uber today banned one of its drivers following an alarming video where he was caught with his trousers down in the back of his vehicle with a female passenger.
The driver with a Rochdale private hire badge was confronted by a resident who spotted him outside his house at around 9pm on Easter Sunday.
The man scrambles out of the car with an Uber sticker on the door as the woman is kneeling on the backseat with her head in her hands.
The video, shared widely on social media, has sparked a response from Uber, who said: ‘We are horrified by what is depicted in the video and are taking action. We have banned the driver while we investigate and are working directly with the police.’
Rochdale Borough Council said: ‘This is a live police investigation and we are liaising with Greater Manchester Police with a view to acting on any information they confirm and share with the Council.’
Labour MP for Rochdale, Tony Lloyd, told MailOnline: ‘This must be taken very seriously and I’ve asked Greater Manchester Police to investigate this. I expect a very rapid investigation by the police as well as by Uber.
‘This is a really worrying video and a rapid investigation is necessary. The protection of young people is paramount and this video needs to be investigated to give the public reassurance and to protect vulnerable young people’.
The MP for the area, Labour’s Tony Lloyd, also raised concern about the video, tweeting: “I have been made aware of a video of an Uber driver circulating online and this must be taken very seriously. I’ve asked Greater Manchester Police to investigate this.
“I expect a very rapid investigation by the police as well as by Uber. This is a really worrying video and a rapid investigation is necessary.
“The protection of young people is paramount and this video needs to be investigated to give the public reassurance and to protect vulnerable young people.”
An Uber spokesperson said: “We are horrified by what is depicted in the video and are taking action.
“We have banned the driver while we investigate and are working directly with the police.”
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