Taxi driver convicted of raping two female passengers

The jury returned guilty verdicts on all counts after a total of 76 minutes of deliberation

The prosecution's case was that each young woman found themselves in a taxi after a night out socialising in Dublin city centre where each was raped by the driver. File picture: iStock

A Dublin man has been convicted of the rape of two young women in the back of his taxi two years ago.

Raymond Shorten (50) of Melrose Crescent, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, was found guilty of two counts of rape and one of anal rape by a jury at the Central Criminal Court on Friday.