Warrant issued for man accused of sex assaults against men in Dundee taxis

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man alleged to have committed two sexual assaults on men in different taxis.

Mohammed Ali Anwar, 32, of Forfar Road, failed to appear in court on Monday.

He faces charges that state, on May 25 2013, in the course of a taxi journey between Lochee Road and the underground car park at Tesco Extra, South Road, he sexually assaulted a man by repeatedly touching his private parts.

He is also alleged to have, on July 20 2013, in a taxi between Balmore Street and Ninewells Hospital, sexually assaulted a man by repeatedly sliding his hand up the inside of his leg, over his clothing and towards his groin area.

Depute fiscal Charmaine Gilmartin told Sheriff Richard McFarlane that Anwar should be ordered to get legal representation but as he had not appeared in court, she was seeking a warrant.

Noting that Anwar had written to the Crown pleading not guilty, Sheriff McFarlane granted the warrant.