Fake Rideshare Driver Jailed for Sex Assault on Teens

The 45-year-old sexually assaulted the woman and another teenager weeks earlier in 2021 after picking them up in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley

A police vehicle and tape in Cairns, Australia, on Dec. 19, 2014. Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images

A public servant pretending to be a rideshare driver sexually assaulted his 19-year-old passenger then pushed his way into her house.

Pratik Shah followed the woman into her bedroom, grabbed her waist, kissed her and touched her buttocks, a Brisbane court was told on Jan. 25.