Overview
- Dorset Police say a woman in her 30s reported being raped in a wooded area off Maxwell Road in Winton at 9:18pm on November 5.
- Following enquiries, 24-year-old Bournemouth resident Mohammed Fathi Eltbie was arrested and charged with rape.
- Poole Magistrates’ Court refused bail and remanded Eltbie in custody ahead of the December 18 Crown Court hearing.
- Prosecutors told the court he is an Egyptian national who entered the UK in July 2023 and whose asylum application was refused in January.
- The defence said he denies the allegation and claims the encounter was consensual, as police continue to support the complainant and urge against online speculation.