11/10/2025
Arjun Rajan, of Affleck Road in Colchester, was seen on city centre CCTV from about 12.30am on 24 July 2022 having driven there alone and parked in High Street, then walking to Head Street.
After 30 minutes, the 33-year-old saw the victim as she walked to get a taxi home. He continued to watch and follow her as she walked to the High Street before offering her a lift.
Believing he was a taxi driver the woman got into the car and Rajan drove away towards her home address, but he sexually assaulted her in the car before they arrived.
The woman told him to stop the car, and she walked the remaining journey home where she then disclosed what had happened and the police were alerted.
Our officers quickly identified Rajan and arrested him 7pm the same day,
He was later charged with sexual assault and first appeared at Colchester Magistrates’ Court on 14 July 2023.
On Tuesday 7 October a jury found him guilty of the sexual assault in his absence and a warrant for his arrest has been issued. He is due to be sentenced on 5 November at Chelmsford