(NECN: Ally Donnelly) - Eva Lang never gave a second thought to hailing a cab, but now the Goffstown, N.H. woman says she will.
"I think it's the most scariest thing i could ever hear," she said.
This comes after a local cabbie has been charged with kidnapping and raping a 21-year-old woman leaving a bar in Manchester last Friday night.
Twenty-nine-year-old Ayad Al Dulaimi pled not guilty at his arraignment in district court Wednesday morning.
Police say the driver for Manchester Taxi was called to club Drynk after the alleged victim told police she had five vodka martinis and had gotten kicked out of the bar.
"She was not fit to drive so friends paid for her cab ride to take her back to Concord, N.H.," said Manchester Police Sergeant Kristen Taylor.
But instead of making the 40 minute drive to Concord, Police say Al Dulaimi told the woman he couldn't find her address on his GPS and After some back and forth brought the woman to his apartment in Manchester.
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"At this point she describes becoming more anxious and nervous," said Sgt. Taylor.
The victim says the next thing she clearly remembers is waking up naked in Al Dulaimi's bath tub the next morning, with him washing her hair. But Al Dulaimi says that's not what happened at all.
He claims he went back to his apartment Friday night to change because the alleged victim had thrown up on him. He claims the sexual contact was consensual, though he did stop during one of the incidents because he told police she was so drunk he didn't feel right about it.
"Its the offender who is taking advantage of them and we want to make sure they know they shouldn't be ashamed or embarrassed if they have been impaired in any way," said Sgt. Taylor
No one at the bar Drynk or at Manchester Taxi would speak with us on camera. A woman inside told us Al Dulaimi is a part time employee licensed by the city and they haven't had any other complaints about him.
"He's obviously very scared, very concerned. He has no criminal record and is not familiar with the process," said his defense Attorney Robin Melone.
Al Dulaimi is being held on $20,000 cash bail and is due back in court February 7.
