Man charged over beachside toilet rape

Five blue and grey portable toilets standing on a road next to a bush-covered cliff, with police tape tied to traffic cones around them, blocking the road
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A section of Undercliff Drive in Bournemouth was cordoned off on 6 July

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A man has been charged with rape after a 20-year-old woman was attacked in a beachside public toilet.

Dorset Police was called to Undercliff Drive, Bournemouth, shortly before 02:00 BST on 6 July.

Mohammed Abdullah, 18, from West Drayton, was charged with rape and sexual assault. He is due to appear before Poole magistrates later.

A 31-year-old man from Bournemouth who was arrested on suspicion of rape has now been released without charge, police said.

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