Tests, CCTV, and witnesses to be used to substantiate rape claim

Gardaí said medical tests along with CCTV footage and witness statements will show if there is evidence to substantiate claims by a college student that she was raped by a taxi driver.

The 20-year-old woman got into a taxi when she left a well-known nightclub in Dublin city centre at 2am on Tuesday to bring her to Dublin City University accommodation in Glasnevin, north Dublin.

The taxi driver, from south-west Dublin, took a route via Phoenix Park, stopping near the Wellington Monument. The woman claims the man raped her, while he maintains that the sex was consensual.