An Uber driver raped a drunk customer on the back seat of his car after grabbing her as she was about to enter her home, a court heard.

Muhammad Durrani, 38, is accused of attacking the woman in his Toyota after driving her from a live music club in Clapham.

After arriving at her address, he followed the woman to her door and lifted her up as she fumbled for her keys, Southwark crown court heard. Durrani allegedly carried her back to his car where he raped and sexually assaulted the “bewildered” woman.

She gave him a one-star rating on the app the next day and reported him to Uber for “unprofessional behaviour”, jurors heard. However, Durrani told police following his arrest the next day that the sex had been consensual in the early hours of July 24, 2016.

“I was obviously very, very drunk, and he was the sober driver who picked me up and took me to the back of his car without my wanting him to,” the woman told police.

She insisted she could not remember “giving any formal consent” to Durrani, having consumed about six glasses of wine with friends during the evening. I remember thinking I was feeling quite drunk, I need to go home because I thought that was the safest option”, she said.

The woman said she fell asleep during the drive home, to be awoken by the driver as they arrived.

“Because I had been drinking I was a bit disoriented, trying to get my bearings I was walking towards my house trying to find my keys”, she said.

“He then came out and said ‘I will help’. I said ‘thank you but I’m fine’. He followed me to my door. He then picked me up and carried me to the backseat.”

She said she was “scared” as Durrani pounced on her, then exposed himself and asked her to perform a sex act on him.

The woman said she was able to get out of the car and flee when Durrani looked out of the window “to make sure that no one was there”.

Durrani, of Streatham, denies rape and sexual assault.

The trial continues.