Crime & Safety
Banbury – Young man in court charged with raping 16-year-old
Biniam Ariaya, of Druce Way, Oxford, appeared at Oxford Crown Court on June 12.
The 23-year-old is charged with one count of rape, alleged to have been committed in Banbury on May 8 this year.
The court heard that Ariaya wouldn’t be arraigned yet, so he is yet to enter a plea. However a provisional trial date was set for October 26.
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He is set to be arraigned on August 17.
The defendant was assisted by a Tigrinyan interpreter during the hearing.
Tigrinya is a language primarily spoken in Eritrea and the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
Judge Michael Roques told the defendant: “The prosecution haven’t decided what the final charges in your case are going to be.”