Victim tells court she thought she was going to die when she realised Francesco De Luise was not her Uber driver
A father-of-three who lurked outside Melbourne nightspots pretending to be an Uber driver to pick up and sexually assault three young women will be locked up for at least six years.
Francesco De Luise, 60, faced Melbourne’s county court on Thursday after pleading guilty to six sex offences, including rape, sexual assault and sexual activity directed at another person.
Between 2021 and 2022, the former IGA supermarket boss picked up three women on three separate occasions, all of whom had been out drinking in Melbourne.
Each of his victims were stuck with him in the passenger seat of his car when he began to sexually assault them.
