AN Uber Eats driver sexually assaulted a teenage girl in her own home after she ordered a McDonald's takeaway, a court heard.
Muhammad Junaid, 24, worked for the food delivery service when he kissed the 16-year-old and "squeezed" her bum in the hallway of her home in Denton, Greater Manchester.
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Muhammad Junaid, 24, kissed and squeezed the 16-year-old's bum as he delivered her McDonald's Credit: MEN Media
The teenager had ordered a meal to her parent's home just before 3pm when she was sexually assaulted.
When Junaid arrived at the house and gave the victim the food, he walked into her home and asked her to "rate" him on the popular delivery app.
Junaid then took her phone from her and rated himself during the ordeal in August 2019.
He then kissed her on the cheek before pulling her in for a hug, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
Junaid took his own phone out of his pocket and asked the girl for a selfie of them both - but the girl said no.
As the 16-year-old girl tried to push him away as he went in for another hug, he moved his hand behind her and "squeezed" her bottom.
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The Uber Eats driver then attempted to hug her again but ended up pulling a blanket, which was wrapped around her shoulders, off her body.
She was wearing clothes underneath, the court heard.
The terrified teen screamed at him to get out of her home.
Prosecuting, Nicholas Clarke said: "She opened the door when he arrived and the defendant entered her home and placed the food in the corner of the hallway.
"He immediately asked her to rate the service he had given, but it was clear she couldn’t really understand what he was saying and it was at this point the defendant took her mobile phone to demonstrate, and rated himself on her Uber Eats app.
“He then put his arm around her, pulled her towards him and kissed her on the cheek. She told him to leave the house.”
The teenage girl told her mum what had happened and they reported the ordeal to the police.
Junaid denied the sexual assault and stated he dropped the food off, asked for feedback then left.
He later changed his plea to guilty and advanced a basis of plea which was said to suggest that there was no deliberate intention to enter the girl’s house without her consent.
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In mitigation, his defence counsel Jonathan Turner said: “He has now lost his job through Uber Eats and Just Eat due to the involvement of the police.
“He is unemployed, he tried to obtain work in a warehouse but because of language difficulties he was unable to.
“The defendant has been on bail for two years and two months, and in my submission, a three year community order would be excessive.”
Sentencing, Judge John Potter said: “Your actions at the property were wholly uninvited, completely wrong and amounted to the sexual abuse of this 16-year-old girl.
“Your actions are made worse by the age of the victim and the fact that she was alone in the house at the time.”
Junaid was handed a three-year community order, must complete 30 days of rehabilitation activity requirements, stay at his address for the next six months and pay ￡100 compensation.
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