Muhammad Sajawal 31

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A Just Eat delivery driver was caught performing a sex act while customers awaited their McDonald's order in Bellshill, Lanarkshire. Muhammad Sajawal, 31, of Motherwell, was spotted by three women in October 2024, leading them to report the incident to police.

The women saw Sajawal holding a mobile phone and masturbating. A 16-year-old witness testified: "I could see the driver and my bag of food right next to him and could see him on FaceTime to someone and could see his hand on his privates. It made me feel quite sick to my stomach."

Sajawal, who moved from Pakistan to Scotland to study and had worked for Just Eat for six months, claimed he was on a video call with family and fiddling with a vape. He said: "I was unaware that the girls were watching me. During the time I was there to deliver the food I was on a call with my father. The vape was in my hand and it is a habit that I play with my vape so I keep moving it in my hand. They must have misunderstood this movement."

Depute fiscal Daniel Toner noted: "All three Crown witnesses gave their evidence in a straightforward, credible and reliable manner and did not seek to embellish the incident although they were clearly distressed by it."

Defense lawyer Laura Kiernan said: "His position is that he was playing with his vape and this has been a misunderstanding."

At Hamilton Sheriff Court, Sheriff Shirley McKenna convicted Sajawal of public indecency, telling him: "The evidence from one of the girls was clear that your hand was between your legs and you were touching yourself. She explained that it made her feel sick to her stomach."

Sentencing was deferred until later this month, with bail continued and Sajawal placed on the sex offenders' register.

A Just Eat spokesperson said: "This driver has been removed from our network."