COPS have charged an Iraqi man with allegedly raping a 14-year-old boy and stalking a woman in her 20s.
The child is said to have been attacked in an alleyway after meeting the 33-year-old suspect, Sadiq Farhad Azad, on a bus.
The alleged rape happened in Portsmouth between 7pm and 8pm on Thursday, August 6, police said.
The force said the child had reportedly spoken to the man on the bus but did not know him previously.
Cops received a report about the alleged rape on Tuesday, August 11, and launched an investigation.
Then, on Tuesday, September 1, officers received a separate report from a woman in her 20s.
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She alleged that a man had been stalking her for around a year before criminally damaging a family member’s car.
Cops said enquiries into both incidents led to the arrest of Sadiq Farhad Azad.
Azad, an Iraqi national of no fixed address, has now been charged with rape, stalking and criminal damage.
He faces a charge of rape of a child aged 13 to 15.
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He has also been charged with stalking and criminal damage to property valued at less than £5,000.
Azad has been remanded in custody.
He is due to appear at Portsmouth Crown Court on Monday, September 7.
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