Samir Lakhlef jailed for sexual assault by taxi driver

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Samir Lakhlef was sentenced to three years for sexual assault at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 10 April 2025. The assault occurred in a taxi in Dublin.

Lakhlef pleaded guilty to assaulting the woman on 13 February 2022. Judge Martin Nolan said his position as a taxi driver was an aggravating factor and that he took advantage of the intoxicated victim.

The court heard that the woman woke in the taxi and found Lakhlef rubbing her thigh. She directed him towards her home, then got out at a nearby house and hid as the taxi drove away.

A victim impact statement read to the court described the woman’s decision to take a taxi as an attempt to get home safely. She said she would have been safer walking home alone in the dark.