An Uber driver held her at knifepoint and raped her. There could be more victims
The courts handed down a lengthy prison sentence, but police believe there could be others who suffered at his hands
An Uber driver armed with a knife raped a female passenger after stopping in a lay-by while driving her home in the early hours.
Adam Daley had picked up the woman, who is in her 20s, in Leicester city centre at about 5.30am on Monday, December 29 last year. As he was driving home he stopped in a lay-by on Soar Valley Way, near Fosse Park, took out a knife and raped her, threatening he would kill her.
Afterwards, he left the woman in the lay-by and drove off. She contacted Leicestershire Police who used CCTV and ANPR cameras to track Daley's Toyota Auris.
He was stopped in Vaughan way in the city centre and was in handcuffs within about an hour of the attack.
While officers were attempting to arrest Daley, who had been taking cocaine, he tried to stamp on his phone to destroy evidence. The police later found indecent images of children and people engaging in sexual activity with animals on the device.
Daley, of Chester Close, St Matthews, Leicester, admitted the image offences but denied the rape, forcing his victim go testify against him at trial.
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A jury at Leicester Crown Court found him guilty of rape, sexual assault, making threats to kill and possessing a knife in public without lawful reason. He was back at the court on Friday (July 10) for sentencing.
Daley, 33, was jailed for 16 years and was given an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and a restraining order to protect the victim.
In a separate prosecution at Leicester Magistrates’ Court in April, Daley admitted drug driving and was banned from driving for 20 months, fined £200 and ordered to pay £85 court costs and an £80 victim surcharge.
Detective Constable Matt Smith said: “I want to commend the victim in this case during what has been an extremely difficult six months.
"Her actions that night and the strength and bravery she has shown during the investigation and trial has ensured a dangerous individual is now behind bars.
“Despite her deeply traumatic and distressing experience, that night she demonstrated exceptional presence of mind and was able to contact police immediately after Daley had driven off.
“Thanks to this, officers were able to act quickly to identify and locate the suspect in a very short space of time. This was crucial to our investigation and ensured not only key forensic evidence could still be detected but that he was apprehended before he attacked anyone else.
“Daley targeted a lone woman after she trusted him to get her home safely. Given his job as an Uber driver it is possible there could be more victims that have not come forward.
“We take reports of sexual assault very seriously and anyone who wishes to report offences will be spoken to by specialist officers in the team.”
