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ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A former Newfoundland cab driver was sentenced to 22 months in prison and a lifetime on the sex offender registry for sexually assaulting two young female passengers.

Lulzim Jakupaj was sentenced to two months for forcibly kissing two women, and another 20 months for groping one of them as he put his arm across her throat.

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Justice Rosalie McGrath said the offences were on the lower end of the spectrum of sexual assault and based her ruling accordingly.

“The fact that the offender taxi driver was in a position of trust towards young, female passengers is a significant aggravating factor,” said McGrath, of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador.

“While sexual assault is a violent crime, I must also I must also recognize that sexual assault encompasses a wide range of conduct.”