Man charged with three counts of rape
A 30-year-old Northampton man has been charged with three counts of rape on a Chinese woman in the town during the early hours of Saturday. morning.
The man is due to appear before Northampton magistrates this morning.
He was arrested by police on Wednesday and was quizzed yesterday at Campbell Square police station in Northampton.
He was arrested as part of a high profile investigation following the alleged rape in the early hours of last Saturday.
As part of the hunt for the person responsbile for raping the 22-year-old woman, police issued an artist's impression of the suspect as well as CCTV footage of a man they wanted to speak to in connection with the alleged rape.
- BREAKING NEWS: Man dies following motorway smash on Northamptonshire border
- BREAKING NEWS: Police inundated with hundreds of complaints over snowball fights
- Huge cigarette haul by masked burglars in armed raids at Northampton stores
- BREAKING NEWS: Police name man killed in crash on motorway in Northamptonshire
- Student flats planned for Northampton town centre revealed
- BREAKING NEWS: Fishmarket art gallery offered new home
- Student flats planned for Northampton town centre revealed
- New manager of Northampton’s Grosvenor Centre says ‘This is the beginning of a new era’
- BREAKING NEWS: Police inundated with hundreds of complaints over snowball fights
- Neighbours raise concern about bid to build new house three inches from their home
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Northampton
Friday 10 February 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: -6 C to 1 C
Wind Speed: 13 mph
Wind direction: South east
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: -5 C to -0 C
Wind Speed: 7 mph
Wind direction: South east
