Lancashire Police charge man with raping two girls in alleyway off Blackpool's Deansgate
Specially trained officers are supporting both of the victims.
A man has been charged with raping two teenagers in Blackpool.
Police were called at 2.36am on Saturday, July 26 to an alleyway off Deansgate, to a report that two girls – both aged in their late teens – had been raped by a man.
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An investigation was launched and following enquiries, a 30-year-old man was arrested in Blackpool on Tuesday evening.
Following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, James Peters, 30, of no fixed address, has been charged with two offences of rape.
Specially trained officers are supporting both of the victims.
He has been remanded in custody to appear before Lancaster Magistrates Court today.