Two men and a teenage boy are to appear in court today after being charged following the alleged rape and false imprisonment of a 16-year-old girl in Ipswich.

The incident happened at an address in Foxhall Road on Sunday afternoon.

The matter was reported to police the same evening and three males were arrested a short time later.

A police spokesman said: “Jama Abdullahi, aged 22, of no fixed abode but formerly of Ipswich, has been charged with one count of rape and one count of false imprisonment.

“Badrdyen Saeed, aged 19 from Camel Road, London, has been charged with one count of rape and one count of false imprisonment.

“A 16-year-old boy from London has been charged with false imprisonment.”

All three will appear at South East Suffolk Magistrates’ Court in Ipswich today.