Southampton Man In Court Over Hospital Sex Attack

A 43-year-old man's been remanded in custody after he appeared in court today (Weds 3rd Nov)charged with raping a woman at a hospital.

The 22-year-old victim told police that she had been forced to perform a sex act on a man at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford on Saturday night.

Ian Joseph, of no fixed address, was arrested in Southampton, Hampshire, on Monday and charged with rape yesterday.

He appeared at Oxford Magistrates' Court where he was remanded in custody and ordered to appear at Oxford Crown Court on November 8, a court spokesman said.