THE MAN who was accused of raping a woman inside a car at the roadside opposite the Panatina Plaza in East Honiara will face trial on Tuesday.
Jared Sialo is facing one count of rape.
His trial was listed before Judge Leonard Maina at 9.30am.
Sialo was charged for allegedly raping the woman on 18 October 2021.
The prosecution alleged that he picked the alleged victim on 15 October 2021 at Point Cruz in a car he hired from a taxi fleet in Honiara.
The alleged victim was on her way home after work when Sialo saw her and allegedly stopped for her.
It was during their ride that Sialo told her his name and that he was a doctor working at the National Referral Hospital.
Sialo asked the woman for her mobile number and she gave it to him.
Sialo allegedly dropped her off at the Kwaimani Building in Kukum.
A few days later, Sialo picked her again and was supposed to drop her off at the Kukum SDA bus stop.
He, however, allegedly went past the Kukum SDA bus stop and kept driving until he reached the roadside opposite Panatina Plaza where he stopped and parked the car. There he raped the woman in the vehicle.
Sialo later dropped off the woman at the Kukum SDA bus stop.
By ASSUMPTA BUCHANAN
Solomon Star, Honiara
