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Man accused of gunpoint rape appears in court

Toby Wood yet to enter plea to one count of rape

A Port Erin man will appear in court again next year over allegations he raped a woman at gunpoint.

Twenty-two-year-old Toby Wood of the Edremoney Estate appeared before High Bailiff Jayne Hughes at Douglas courthouse.

He hasn’t yet been asked to enter a plea to one count of rape, but has pleaded not guilty to a charge of burglary in Castletown Road in Port Erin.

Mrs Hughes remanded him in custody, and he’s next due to appear in court on 12 January.

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