Jury in taxi rape case sent home for second night

The jury in the trial of a Limerick taxi driver accused of raping a passenger have been sent home for a second night after failing to reach a verdict.

The 43-year-old accused has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to two counts of rape and sexual assault after picking the woman up in his cab a short distance from a nightclub in the early hours of October 17, 2007.