Rape victim pulled from bike

(CNS): Police said this morning that they have charged a 44-year-old man with rape following an attack on a woman in West Bay earlier this week. Police have revealed that the young woman, who was only 16, was riding her bicycle in Powell Smith Drive on Monday, 27 December, around 6pm in the evening was grabbed by a man who dragged her into a nearby house and raped her. The matter was reported to police and later that same evening the man was arrested on suspicion of rape. A police spokesperson said that the man has now been formally charged with rape and defilement and was expected to appear in court later on Friday 31 December.

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