A man has been charged following a police investigation into a rape on Berryhill Fields in Stoke-on-Trent

Jason William Heaton, 53, of Hulme, Stoke-on-Trent, has been charged with two counts of the rape of a woman, one count of sexual assault on a female, one count of attempted rape of a woman and one count of theft from the person of another.

Staffordshire Police was called at around 8.15pm on Thursday 2 July to an area off Dividy Road after a 17-year-old girl reported she had been raped by a man.

A spokesperson for Staffordshire Police said: "Specialist officers are continuing to support her at this time."

Heaton appeared at the North Staffordshire Justice Centre on Saturday (11 July) and has been remanded ahead of his next appearance due at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Monday 27 July.