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Former Scotland rugby player Tim Visser to face rape trial
Former Scotland rugby winger Tim Visser is due to stand trial over charges including rape and abusive behaviour.
The case involves a woman, and prosecutors allege Visser isolated her from family and friends and was physically violent.
The indictment lists 26 claims, including threats and sexual matters, and says he sent an intimate image of the woman to someone else.
Prosecutors may also present evidence about alleged physical and sexual incidents, threats and controlling behaviour dating back to 2004, but those are not formal charges.
Visser has pleaded not guilty to the indictment.
The trial is scheduled for 12 January 2028 in Edinburgh, where the court will hear the case.
Former Scotland rugby international Tim Visser is charged with rape and other offences and is due to stand trial.
Prosecutors allege he isolated a woman from family and friends and was physically violent.
A fourth charge alleges a course of abusive behaviour on various occasions, with an indictment listing 26 claims.
Visser pleaded not guilty at the High Court in Glasgow.
The trial was set for 12 January 2028 in Edinburgh.
- Who
- Tim Visser, a former Scotland rugby international, is charged. The complainant is described as a woman.
- What
- Visser is charged with rape and other offences, including an alleged course of abusive behaviour. He pleaded not guilty.
- When
- The trial is set for 12 January 2028.
- Where
- The case was heard at the High Court in Glasgow; the trial is scheduled for Edinburgh.
- Why
- Prosecutors allege Visser raped and abused a woman. He denies the charges.
Prosecutors
Tim Visser
Charges
Prosecutors
Prosecutors allege rape and other offences, including physically violent and abusive behaviour.
Tim Visser
Visser pleaded not guilty to the indictment.
Visser represented Scotland as a winger.
Visser retired from rugby, two years after his Scotland career ended.
Visser pleaded not guilty at the High Court in Glasgow.
The trial is scheduled to begin in Edinburgh.
- Trial date
- 12 January 2028
- Trial location
- Edinburgh
- Indictment
- 26 claims are listed
- Scotland career
- Winger between 2012 and 2017
- Hearing venue
- High Court in Glasgow
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What people are saying
It is a plea of not guilty to the indictment.