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Playing the victim card: When all else fails, claim that you’re the “victim” and the unveiled, drunken little harlot who “lured” you into raping her is the victimizer. From the Daily Telegraph (Australia):

A TAXI driver accused of raping a teenage passenger in the back seat of his cab was "victimised", the District Court heard today.

Md Kowsar Ali has pleaded not guilty to having sexual intercourse without the 18-year-old's consent after he picked her up in Darlinghurst last November.

In notes found by police during a search warrant in January, Ali wrote that the girl held his hand and when he squeezed it, she squeezed back.

"I could tell she felt good about it," he wrote.

"I felt between her legs. She liked this even more."

Three of Ali's friends today appeared as character witnesses at his trial.

One said Ali was respectful of women while another, Ibrahim Ibrahim, described Ali as "trustworthy" and "victimised".

Cross-examined by Crown Prosecutor Sarah Huggett, Mr Ibrahim said Ali had spoken to him about what happened in the taxi that night.

"He told you it was the girl who caused this to happen?" Ms Huggett asked.

"That's true," Mr Ibrahim replied.

"He was, in a way, the victim?" Ms Huggett asked.

"That's true," Mr Ibrahim said.

Summing up the crown case to the jury, Ms Huggett disputed the defence claim that the sex was consensual.

The jurors might think the teen was "in absolute terror" when she called triple-0 call as soon as she left the cab, she said.

Ms Huggett also questioned why the cab's security camera stopped recording three minutes into the journey. The court heard it started recording again an hour later, nine minutes before Ali was stopped by police.

Ali "knew he had in his car a young woman that he intended to take advantage of - she was falling asleep, she was intoxicated," Ms Huggett said.

"He took advantage of (her) in that taxi."

The trial continues.

A cautionary tale for inebriated infidelles—try not to get into a cab when you’re drunk and alone.

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