AN UBER driver who raped a woman after “saving” her from another sex attack was caught by a webcam viewer 1,600 miles away.
Kerry Gasag, 39, has now been jailed for ten years after he was filmed attacking the victim at a tourist landmark in Florida.
YouTube/@WPLGLocal10A live webcam being watched 1,600 miles away caught Gasag dragging the victim behind the Southernmost Point buoy[/caption]
YouTube/@WPLGLocal10In the webcam footage the woman emerges and stumbles away from Gasag[/caption]
YouTube/@WPLGLocal10Gasag appears after the woman runs away, zips up his jean shorts, gets into his car and drives away[/caption]
The woman had been a victim of a separate assault on a street in Key West before the Uber driver stepped in.
The woman told the police that she initially thought that Gasag was her saviour.
But, once the victim was in his car, Gasag began bombarding her with sexual requests.
Videos found on her iPhone picked up the sound of Gasag asking her to have sex. When she refused, Gasag responded by saying that he could have had sex with her in the bushes already.
The victim eventually jumped out of the car in a panic, and that’s when the iPhone recordings stopped.
According to the police, a live webcam at the Southernmost Point bouy in Key West was used to piece together the rest of the crime.
An emergency services dispatcher who was viewing the camera from 1,600 miles away caught Gasag following the victim, and immediately called the police.
WCVB reports the dispatcher said: “I’m actually calling from Boston,
“But, bear with me, this is going to sound crazy. But I’m at work and I have the, you know, the Southernmost Point cam?
“I could almost swear that I saw somebody get raped.”
The footage from the webcam showed Gasag putting his hand over the woman’s mouth to silence her, before dragging her behind the buoy.
A few minutes later, the video shows the woman emerge half-dressed, stumbling up and then running away.
Gasag appears immediately after and can be seen zipping up his jean shorts, getting into his car and driving away.
The police report said that Gasag was “clearly identifiable” in the video. But it took the police two years to find and arrest him.
Gasag has now pleaded guilty to sexual battery, false imprisonment and evidence tampering.
According to the police, his crime was magnified due to the initial perception that he was the woman’s protector.
The woman’s first attacker has been named as Jorge Calderon Nunez, 32.
Nunez is currently being held in a county jail on a bond of $225,000. He is due to appear in court later this month.
YouTube/@WPLGLocal10Gasag has pleaded guilty to sexual battery, false imprisonment and evidence tampering[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
