Date set for Preston Crown Court hearing of man charged with rape of two teenagers in Blackpool
Specialist officers are supporting the victims.
A date has been set for the crown court hearing of a man charged with the rape of 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.
An investigation was launched and following enquiries, a 30-year-old man was arrested in Blackpool on the eventing of Tuesday July 28.
Following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, James Peters, 30, of no fixed address, has been charged with two offences of rape.
He was remanded in custody and appeared before Lancaster Magistrates Court on Thursday, July 30. The outcome of the hearing at Lancaster Magistrates Court was that the defendant will be sent to Preston Crown Court for trial on conditional bail on August, 27.
Authorities have also confirmed that specially trained officers are supporting both of the victims.