A Dublin taxi driver has been accused of raping a young woman passenger in the back of his car.
The Taxi driver who cannot be named due to the charge he is accused of appeared before Dublin District Court.
Garda charged him with raping the passenger, a woman in her early 20s, in the early hours of August 9 in accordance with the Director of Public Prosecutions’ instructions.
He was remanded in custody with consent to €2,500 bail with a range of strict conditions, including the surrender of his PSV licence.
Next week, he will return to appear before the court.
Detective Ultan McIlroy told Judge Patricia Cronin he arrested the accused last night, brought him to Balbriggan Garda Station and charged him.
The court heard the man “made no reply” to the charge but had earlier claimed he had consensual sex with the woman.
The court heard that there was CCTV evidence and he was later “observed driving around aimlessly” in north county Dublin for about 13 minutes.
It was alleged he stopped and got into the back seat and raped the young woman.
The court heard he then drove her home after using his phone to locate the house.
The detective feared the man would interfere with the alleged injured party.
Judge Cronin set the bail in his bond of €250 but added that there must be a court-approved €2,000 independent surety, half lodged and the remainder frozen in a bank account.
In addition, he must reside at an address he furnished to the court, sign on at a local garda station three days a week and obey a 10pm – 7am curfew.
To appear in court on August 31 at Cloverhill District Court, Judge Cronin remanded him in custody with consent to bail.