An Australian court here has denied bail to a 21-year-old Indian cabbie accused of raping a female passenger who was travelling in his car

The Melbourne Magistrates court heard Rajveer Singh of Niddrie picked up the 40-year-old woman outside a Richmond pub last November and drove to Northcote, but during the journey he turned off the meter. It is alleged Singh then parked in the woman's street and raped her.