A PAIR of suspects have been charged over the attempted rape and false imprisonment of a girl. 

Praveen Linga, 28, of Watlington Street, Reading, and Vasile Lrofte, 18, of no fixed abode, have both been charged and remanded in custody. 

They have both been charged with one count of attempted rape of a female over 16, and one count of false imprisonment. 

Linga was also charged with one count of perverting the course of justice. 

These charges are in relation to an incident in which a woman in her 50s was the victim of an attempted rape in King's Street, Reading, at 2am on Friday May 25.

The pair will appear at Reading Crown Court on July 2.