Warrant for Exeter taxi driver facing sex chargesA Judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of a taxi driver who has disappeared while awaiting trial for sexually assaulting a female passenger.
Wahib Tameem has lost touch with his legal team and it is thought he may have left the country and possibly returned to his home country of Iraq.
Tameem, aged 59, of Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter, denied sexually assaulting the same woman passenger twice on June 18, 2016.
He is due to stand trial at Exeter Crown Court on December 12 but Mr Paul Grumbar, defending, said he had lost touch with his solicitors.
Recorder Mr Richard Stead issued a warrant for Tameem's arrest and adjourned the case until the trial date.
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