A MAN will appear at the crown court after being charged with rape.

Deukumar Limbu, 43, of Salisbury Road, Reading, was charged on Friday (8/6) and appeared at Reading Magistrates' Court this morning.

The charge is in relation to an incident in a park on Beresford Road, Reading on Wednesday (6/6) when a man in his 20s was raped.

Limbu was remanded into custody and will appear at Reading Crown Court at a later date.