Posted on the 1st April 2026 in PHTM News

BRACKNELL CABBIE CONVICTED OF RAPE HAD HISTORY OF 52 POLICE ALLEGATIONS

A Bracknell taxi driver convicted of raping a teenager had a staggering history of 52 criminal allegations before the attack, according to newly revealed council documents.

Diwan Khan, 39, whose mother Naheed Ejaz served as the town’s mayor, was found guilty of rape in February. His mother was also convicted for perverting the course of justice.

Both await sentencing at Winchester Crown Court on April 30.

Internal records show that officials had already revoked Khan’s taxi licence in January 2024, months before the rape occurred.

Executive director Kevin Gibbs noted at the time that Khan had a “long string of offences: 52 from 2006,” including prison time for driving without a licence.

Gibbs warned these records raised “serious questions over his appropriateness for ever qualifying for the issue of a taxi licence.”

The documents, obtained via Freedom of Information requests, reveal Khan was arrested in January 2024 for a separate offence involving a vulnerable 19-year-old and was bailed to his mother’s house.

Monitoring officer Sanjay Prashar noted another arrest in July 2023 for a "serious offence" which was never reported to the council, despite Councillor Ejaz being in “full knowledge of this event.”

During this period, Khan served as the mayoral consort for his mother, who became Bracknell’s first Muslim mayor in May 2023. While she later stepped back from duties citing ill health, a standards investigation concluded she had “breached the code of conduct.”

Regarding the decision to pull Khan's licence, Sanjay Prashar stated: “As the responsible licensing authority, we revoked his licence with immediate effect to safeguard the public.”

Khan’s rape conviction followed an incident in the summer of 2024 where he targeted a teenage girl after giving her drugs and alcohol.


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