A man has appeared in court accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a controversial mental health facility.
Blair Stewart is alleged to have attacked the woman at the Carseview Centre in Dundee, which was subject of a BBC documentary on Monday alleging bullying and violence towards patients.
Prosecutors say that on September 21 last year, at the facility in Tom McDonald Avenue, Dundee, he sexually assaulted a woman, who cannot be named.
Stewart, 21, of Balmoral Gardens, Dundee, made no plea during a brief appearance at Dundee Sheriff Court before Sheriff John Rafferty.
The case was continued for further examination and he was released on bail meantime.
A BBC documentary, titled Breaking Point, was broadcast on Monday making a string of allegations against staff at the unit – in the grounds of Ninewells Hospital – and featuring experts calling on it to be shut down.
Former patients at the Carseview Centre in Dundee claimed staff had used face-down restraint violently and repeatedly over the past five years.
They said the practice was used for prolonged periods and patients were also mocked and shouted at by staff.
NHS Tayside said it would investigate the claims in full and “will act”.
Last week a fatal accident inquiry into the death of Dale Thomson found there were “serious systemic failures” in the care he received at Carseview in the weeks before his suicide.