Overview
- Thomas Tosh, sentenced Tuesday at the High Court in Glasgow, received seven years in prison, indefinite listing on the sex offenders register, and a 10-year order barring contact with the victim.
- Prosecutors said Tosh collected a 23-year-old and her friends in Clydebank on September 30, 2023, dropped the others, logged out of his cab’s GPS, and drove her to his Drumchapel home where he raped her.
- The court heard that he turned off tracking to conceal his route, then reconnected about two hours later while driving away from the direction of the victim’s home.
- Investigators linked him to the crime using GPS data, DNA results, text messages, and witness accounts, after a friend helped the victim identify him from a social media photo.
- Prosecutor Faye Cook called the attack a despicable betrayal of trust and praised the victim’s courage, highlighting how digital forensics can reinforce cases involving abuse by drivers.