Tamworth sexual assault: Anthony Raymond Taylor formally refused bail in Tamworth court on aggravated sexual assault charges

Anthony Raymond Taylor did not appear in Tamworth Local Court on Monday afternoon for a bail review but his Legal Aid solicitor said he was doing ok in custody.

“He’s had two or three stents put in,” Geoff Archer told the court.

“He’s feeling much better.”

The 58-year-old is charged with binding, gagging and sexually assaulting a 54-year-old woman in her Tamworth home on February 9. Detectives will allege the assault wasn't random, but Taylor targeted and knew his victim.

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Taylor faces 11 charges including aggravated sexual assault and deprive liberty and peep or pry. He is yet to enter pleas and detectives from Strike Force Yulong are preparing a brief of evidence.

“I’ll mark him bail not applied for, refused,” Magistrate Julie Soars told the court, adjourning the case until April.

Strike Force Yulong was set-up by the state's sex crimes squad and Oxley detectives to investigate the sexual assault.

It is the Crown case that Taylor made several attempts to contact and meet the woman in the days following the attack.

Detectives seized Taylor's phone and will allege they found videos of the woman that were filmed outside her home without her knowledge.

A White Street property in East Tamworth was raided as part of the investigation where several items of interest were seized, police said.

Taylor was first denied bail by Magistrate Julie Soars last week on three charges of aggravated sexual assault and deprive liberty; stalking; two counts of peep or prying; two counts of aggravated filming of a person in a private act without consent; and three firearm-related charges including not keeping a firearm safely. 

He will return to court in April.