Magistrate imposed interim order stopping media from naming the man, saying she needed to weigh public interest and defendant’s vulnerabilities
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The identity of a high-profile man accused of rape will remain secret for at least another week after he was granted a new interim order despite his solicitors failing to comply with previous court directions.
The man, who remains on bail, faces two counts of raping a woman at Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, in October 2021.
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