Published: Thursday, 19th June, 2008 10:00
TAXI DRIVER CLEARED OF SALTCOATS RAPE CHARGE
By Court Reporter
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A SEX offender taxi driver has been cleared of raping two women - including one who alleged he attacked her in her Saltcoats home.
Henry Summerfield, 52 walked free over the sex attacks but pleaded guilty to driving his cab while naked below the waist.
He also admitted flashing at a 19-year-old girl who gave him a massage.
A judge ruled one of the alleged rapes could not be proved due to a lack of evidence, while a jury decided the second was not proven.
They did not know Summerfield had previous indecent exposure convictions or that he had admitted the two new indecency charges. Summerfield’s first alleged victim claimed he beat her up and raped her in her home in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, in February 2002.
But at the High Court in Kilmarnock, judge Lord Emslie granted a defence motion there was insufficient evidence.
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