Post by acnedriver on Feb 16, 2023 6:37:49 GMT
A Sunderland taxi driver charged after a woman was allegedly raped in the city has appeared in court.
Ian Phillips, 46, is alleged to have attacked a woman he picked up in his cab in the city centre at around 5.30am on Sunday, February 12.
Prosecutors claim the father-of-three, of Noble Street, Easington Colliery, County Durham struck after driving her to the Hendon Beach area of Sunderland’s coastline.
He did not enter a plea to a charge of rape when he appeared in the dock at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, February 14.
www.sunderlandecho.com/news/crime/sunderland-taxi-driver-appears-in-court-after-woman-allegedly-raped-following-night-out-in-city-centre-4026279
Ian Phillips, 46, is alleged to have attacked a woman he picked up in his cab in the city centre at around 5.30am on Sunday, February 12.
Prosecutors claim the father-of-three, of Noble Street, Easington Colliery, County Durham struck after driving her to the Hendon Beach area of Sunderland’s coastline.
He did not enter a plea to a charge of rape when he appeared in the dock at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, February 14.
www.sunderlandecho.com/news/crime/sunderland-taxi-driver-appears-in-court-after-woman-allegedly-raped-following-night-out-in-city-centre-4026279