A 20-YEAR-old man is due to appear in Reading Crown Court next month after being charged in connection with two incidences of rapes.

Clifford Opoku, of no fixed abode, has been charged in connection to a rape in Prospect Mews on January 15 this year and another in Emmer Green on June 11, 2022.

As well as two counts of rape, he was also charged with fraud by false representation.

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He made his first appearance at Reading Magistrates Court on February 9.

The case has now been moved to the crown court for March 13 for plea and trial preparation.