Drink and drug driving charge for Albany man Timothy James Walker accused of raping woman on York Street

An Albany man accused of raping a young woman on York Street was allegedly caught drink and drug driving without a licence in the days before the alleged sexual assault. Timothy James Walker, 33, is alleged to have sexually assaulted a woman in her 20s outside Scots Church on Albany’s main strip about 2am on Saturday, September 4. Albany woke that morning to find the front of the church taped off with forensics officers conducting their investigation in full view of the public. Mr Walker was arrested on the same day and remains in custody at Hakea Prison. He has been charged with two counts of sexual penetration without consent, two counts of attempted sexual penetration without consent and one count of unlawful indecent assault. In Albany Magistrates Court yesterday, it was revealed he had allegedly been caught drink and drug driving while on a suspended licence on August 20 — two weeks before the alleged rape. Appearing in court via video-link, the Spencer Park man had the new traffic charges read out to him by Magistrate Dianne Scaddan. Mr Walker has been charged with driving with a blood alcohol content of or above 0.02g and a prescribed illicit drug present in his oral fluid. He is also facing one count of no authority to drive. Eight days after those alleged offences, he was charged with failing to comply with a surrender notice in relation to a vehicle. His matters were adjourned to October 7 for legal advice. He is expected to make a bail application in regards to the sexual assault charges at his next court appearance.