Chelmsford Magistrates' Court Picture: LUCY TAYLOR
A man has been charged with rape after a woman was attacked in Colchester.
Police were called at about 1am on Thursday, April 9 to reports of a woman having been raped at an address in the town.
A 31 year-old man was arrested a short time later.
Kamen Lawrence, of Greenstead, has been charged with rape and is due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, April 11.
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