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Perhaps Grooming is not the right expression but certainly building up trust and friendship over a period of time and then taking advantage. Such as getting onside with the person, always friendly and going out of their way to help them, taking shopping to their front door and even offering to go inside house and help put shopping away in cupboards. The Lady has learning difficulties and periods of depression. Nightmares since this attack, nervous and shaking when ever they see the person driving taxi - as I said they live in small town - so almost daily contact. Their support worker went to the police at the time as was told one word against the other. She came away not knowing if they even were going to speak to him.
His behaviour since is always giving her a wave and a smile like nothing happened.