A 33-year-old man, Sadiq Farhad Azad, is charged with rape, stalking and criminal damage following alleged offences in Portsmouth. The charges relate to an incident involving a 14-year-old boy.
BBC and other outlets report that the allegations also include stalking of a woman in her 20s. The Mirror adds that the case involves claims the offences occurred in an alleyway “moments after” the man and the woman first met, while BBC frames it more generally as alleged offences in Portsmouth.
The Daily Mail states that Azad has no fixed address and is scheduled to appear at Portsmouth Crown Court, reporting that he will face the charges at court the following day. Across reports, the man is accused of multiple offences, with details of timing and setting described differently by different outlets.
