A Newsome man has appeared in court charged with rape.
Iftikhar Ali, of Edale Avenue, was before Kirklees Magistrates’ Court today.
He is accused of raping a woman at an address in the Birkby area on January 7 last year.
The 44-year-old’s case was sent to Leeds Crown Court.
He will first appear there on August 18 and was banned from contacting the complainant.