Muhammad Uzair Ehsan is behind bars for indecently assaulting a passenger when he was working as a Uber driver. (ABC News)
A former Uber driver has been handed a 12-month prison sentence for indecently assaulting a passenger outside her Adelaide home.
Magistrate Roderick Jensen said Muhammad Uzair Ehsan had not demonstrated any remorse and did not accept the guilty verdict.
The man will be eligible for parole in April next year.
A former Uber driver has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for the indecent assault of a female passenger.
Muhammad Uzair Ehsan, 35, of Prospect, was found guilty by Magistrate Roderick Jensen of two counts of indecent assault following a two-day trial in August 2025.
In sentencing in the Adelaide Magistrates Court today, Magistrate Jensen said Ehsan had not demonstrated any remorse and did not accept the guilty verdict.
The court heard the victim was in an "intoxicated and vulnerable state" and had been subjected to the two acts of indecent assault while she was at the front door of her unit.
"She said that she was 'shocked and terrified' by your offending," Magistrate Jensen said.
"She thought she was doing the responsible thing by taking an Uber home so that she would not be drinking and driving."
Magistrate Jensen said by contesting the charges, the victim had been forced to go through the court process which she found "traumatic".
The magistrate relayed to the court the victim's experience of having to retell her story to police, lawyers and in court "many times".
"Sitting while the defence questioned me was humiliating and exhausting. I had to listen to lies and justify myself when I was the victim — it felt like being assaulted all over again'," the victim wrote in her statement.
The court heard the victim had also spent thousands of dollars on counselling, security measures, transport and lost wages.
The victim told the court she took an Uber home so she would not be drinking and driving. (ABC News: Jerry Rickard)
