A 32-year-old man has been charged over a “racially aggravated” rape in Walsall.
John Ashby has also been charged with sexual assault, strangulation, racially aggravated actual bodily harm, and robbery.
Ashby – who West Midlands Police described as a white British man from the Stockland Green area of Birmingham – will appear at a magistrates’ court in the city on Wednesday.
Police said the woman in her 20s was attacked in the Park Hall area of Walsall on Saturday night (25 October). Officers were called just after 7.15pm after she was seen in distress in the street.
The force said the woman had been raped and assaulted at a nearby property by a man she did not know.
She is continuing to get support from specially-trained officers.
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Chief Superintendent Phil Dolby said: “We know the fear and concern this attack has caused in our communities.
“We continue to speak to people in the community to listen to and understand their concerns.
“Officers have visited faith establishments in Walsall and spoken with local leaders about women’s safety and what measures men can take to make women feel more comfortable.
“We need to continue to maintain those conversations and how we build on women’s safety in the community.”
