Man for court over rape of woman in Co Derry

A man (31) has been charged with raping a woman close to a Co Derry caravan park at the weekend.

A man (31) has been charged with raping a woman close to a Co Derry caravan park at the weekend.

He is due to appear at Dungannon Magistrates Court today charged with the attack on the woman (25) in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The attack happened in a lane leading to the caravan park at Ballyronan on the shores Lough Neagh.

The woman was found by two local men in a distressed state shortly before 4.30am.

A second man arrested for questioning was released without charge yesterday.

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