Saw this a couple of weeks ago, but didn't bother with it then - no indication of whether it was job, or whatever, and the charges are historical and go back 30 years...
But there's been an update, and it's a slow news day
Arrest warrant for ex-taxi driver after non-show on rape and sex offences charges
https://www.wsfp.co.uk/news/arrest-warr ... ges-874901
A FORMER Minehead taxi driver failed to appear in court last week on charges of historical rape and sexual assaults on a young girl.
District Judge Angela Brereton, sitting in Taunton Magistrates Court on Thursday (January 29) issued an arrest warrant without bail for David Wylie, aged 65.
Wylie, of Higher Rodhuish Road, Withycombe, faces five charges dating as far back as 1996.
He is accused of three offences of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl aged under 13 years between July 16, 1996, and October 15, 1998, one of rape of a girl aged under 16 years between January 1, 1998, and January 1, 2000, and one of a sex act on a girl under the age of 14 years between July 16, 1996, and July 15, 1998.
Crown court trial for ex-Minehead taxi driver on rape and sex charges dating 30 years
https://www.wsfp.co.uk/news/crown-court ... ars-877061
POLICE have arrested a former Minehead taxi driver after he failed to show up for a magistrates court case where he faced charges of historical rape and sexual assaults of a young girl.
An arrest warrant without bail had been issued by the court for David Wylie, aged 65, of Higher Rodhuish Road, Withycombe.
He was eventually arrested in the Minehead area and put before the court in Taunton later the same day.
No pleas were taken for the charges and the magistrates committed Wylie to stand trial in Taunton Crown Court on March 16.
Wylie is accused of one offence of rape, three of unlawful sexual intercourse, and one of committing a sex act on the girl on various dates between July 16, 1996, and January 1, 2000.