A "VILE" taxi driver raped a mentally handicapped woman after picking her up from a daycare centre.

Father-of-four Mohammed Azram attacked the middle-aged woman with a mental age of three after getting her alone when he dropped off his other passengers.

Azram, 29, from High Wycombe, worked for a private hire car firm which transported people to and from the care centre for Bucks Social Services.

Aylesbury Crown Court heard on Monday, May 23, how Azram had taken a particular route back from the care home so he could attack his victim.

It was when the woman's care workers noticed evidence that she may have experienced a sexual act that a full medical examination was carried out leading to Azram's arrest.

A video interview with the victim was shown in court with Azram due to face trial. But the trial was abandoned after he changed his plea to guilty.

Defence counsel Richard Barraclough QC said: "He Azram took advantage of an opportunity which he now deeply regrets. He did not know of his victim's mental disability because he was not told and was unaware that she was incapable of not giving her consent. Having said that he should have known her disability which is abundantly plain from the video."

Jailing Azram for six years Judge Roger Connor described Azram's offence as "very grave as it involved someone who was, by reason of her mental capacity, unable to give or refuse consent".

DC Paul Keeping, a police officer for 11 years, described the case as the "most vile" he had ever seen.

Azram, who was charged with having sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder impeding choice, was also placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life.