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Posted on the 14th October 2025 in PHTM News

UNLICENSED MIDDLESBROUGH TAXI DRIVER JAILED FOR DECADES OVER SEXUAL OFFENCES

Edwin Youll, a 63-year-old unlicensed taxi driver from Normanby, has been sentenced to 32 years in prison at Teesside Crown Court on Monday 13 October, for a string of violent sexual offences.

Youll was found guilty in July of 26 charges of sexual assault and rape following a trial.

The offences, which date back to the 1990s, involved him targeting vulnerable women and children.

According to Cleveland Police, he used his job to seek out women and became violent "if they did not do as he commanded," on occasion using knives in his offending.

Detective Superintendent Stuart Hodgson, the Senior Investigating Officer, thanked the victims for their courage: “Firstly I would like to thank the brave victims who came forward and gave harrowing accounts of the horrendous sexual abuse carried out by Edwin Youll."

He added, “Whilst the experiences will stay with them forever, I am pleased that this chapter has now come to a close and that justice has been served, and Youll will now spend a significant time behind bars."

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