An army veteran admits to no longer feeling safe smiling to strangers “without them thinking [she’s] coming onto them” following an attack on her doorstep by her Morrisons delivery driver.
An army veteran has opened up about being sexually assaulted by a food delivery driver who attacked her on the doorstep of her own home. She shared how she no longer feels able to smile, saying she fears smiling or thanking strangers may lead to another attack.
JJ, 32, wished to stay anonymous when sharing her story. She shared that she had placed an order of snacks from Morrisons and instructed them to be delivered to her home in Sighthill, Glasgow. Expecting the delivery at 7pm in January last year, the veteran was instead met by her delivery driver- and assaulter – Muhammad Faizan Khan, who complimented JJ’s eyes.
JJ, who was due a trip to England at the time to see family, was shocked by the comment and made to feel ‘on-edge’. She attempted to take her purchase from Khan, however, when she reached out to do so, the delivery driver grabbed her and jumped onto the veteran, pushing his tongue into her mouth as he forced himself into her home to carry out his disturbing assault.
Muhammad Faizan Khan was found guilty in December 2024. In Glasgow Sheriff Court, he was sentenced to 12 months in prison and recently placed on the sex offenders register this February. Talking to GlasgowLive, JJ described how she “opened the door, and he complimented [her] eyes,” which the victim “tried to brush it off and take [her] food from his hands”. JJ said: “He grabbed me and stuck his tongue down my throat. I pushed him away and tried to slam the door but he pushed his way in and assaulted me”. She added that she was “epileptic as well” which meant her “wheelchair was in full view in the hallway”.
JJ, who was also pregnant at the time, was left bleeding with trauma that has continued a year later. She had a miscarriage just days later, and was adamant that Khan’s assault was the cause. Living alone and new to her property, the veteran still wonders whether the attack could have been even worse had her neighbours upstairs not dropped something above her, scaring away her attacker. She said it had “sounded like one of my neighbours had dropped one of their kid’s cups” which caused Khan to “freak out” and ask her what it was. Cleverly, JJ “lied and said it was [her] sister” which caused him to panic.
After managing to force Khan out – which he resisted by jamming his foot between the door and frame – JJ was able to lock the door. The driver then persistently began “banging on the door and on [her] windows to get back in. He kept calling me ‘baby’ and making sexual comments,” recalled JJ.
Immediately calling her sister to share what she had been through, JJ was encouraged to report the assault to the police. She went on, saying: “I was still in shock when I was explaining what had happened. At the same time, he was still at the door trying to get in,” describing how Khan was still outside the property as she was relaying the event to her sister. “It had been about 10 minutes since he had arrived. I think he left when he heard the sirens”.
During the trial, JJ reported Khan to have accused her of racism. He stated the allegation of sexual assault to be imbedded in racism because ‘she was racist’ and stated she “enjoyed” it.
“It was difficult to face him in court because he just made up lies and said I had just been smitten by him. It was sickening. He wanted to get me charged for hurting his foot when I tried to get him out of the door.”
On the trauma left from the sexual assault, court case and invasion of her privacy, JJ stated that Khan will “haunt” her for the “rest of [her] life” and that she now feels she cannot “even smile at people anymore without men thinking that I’m coming on to them”. In a heart-breaking admission, JJ shared how she was once “quite an outgoing person,” but now she is “scared to smile or say thank you in case that makes another man think it’s okay to attack”.
