A man has been charged with multiple sex offences, including rape and sexual assault.

Rocco Minafra from Tonbridge is suspected of carrying out a sexual assault on Tunbridge Wells Common.

It comes after reports that a teenage girl was sexually assaulted by an unknown man between 8pm and 9pm on Saturday, October 18.

Police say the incident happened at a location close to Mount Ephraim and the junction with Molyneux Park Road.

On Monday (October 20) Minafra, 46, of Judd Road, Tonbridge, was arrested.

Detectives have now charged him with rape and three counts related to sexual assault. He was also charged with making threats to kill.

The suspect has been remanded in custody to appear before Medway Magistrates’ Court today (Thursday, October 23).

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