Man in court charged with alleyway woman attack

Amanat Ali Tariq appeared at Leeds Magistrates' Court on Wednesday morning

A man has appeared in court charged with rape after a woman was attacked in West Yorkshire.

Leeds Magistrates' Court heard the woman was followed near a pub in Dewsbury and was "violently pushed to the ground" in the early hours of Sunday.

She was knocked unconscious and attacked in an alleyway, the court heard.

Appearing before magistrates on Wednesday, Amanat Ali Tariq, 42, was not asked to enter any pleas and was remanded in custody.

Mr Tariq, of Wellington Road East, Dewsbury, is also charged with section 18 assault, two offences of attempted rape, two offences of fraud and theft.

He is next due to appear at Leeds Crown Court on 10 July.

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