Suspect charged following serious sexual assault in Gravesend

A suspect is to appear in court having been charged with a serious sexual assault in Gravesend.

Officers have been investigating an incident in Manor Road which was reported to have happened between midnight and 12.45am on Monday 13 May 2024.

It is alleged that a 17-year-old girl was walking in the area when a car with four men inside, who she did not know, approached her.

The teenager later reported that she had been sexually assaulted and was raped by one man.

Charged

On 17 May police arrested and later charged Harjeet Singh, aged 26, of Wellington Street, Gravesend, with rape and sexual assault by touching.

Mr Singh appeared at Maidstone Crown Court on Saturday 18 May. He has since been remanded pending a further hearing at Woolwich Crown Court on Monday 17 June.