Man charged with rape after girl, 13, attacked
Police said the attack happened overnight on Boxing Day
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A 48-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the rape of a 13-year-old girl.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said the attack happened in Southampton overnight between 26-27 December.
The force said the girl was raped by a man she had met at an address in the St Mary's area on Boxing Day. She is being supported by specialist officers.
Damian Martin from Millbrook Road West appeared at Southampton Magistrates' Court and was remanded in custody to appear at the city's crown court on 30 January.
He has also been charged with a number of sexual offences, assault by beating and taking a child so as to keep him/her from a person having lawful control.
Police said a second man, aged 50 and from Southampton, arrested on suspicion of rape, had been released on conditional police bail to allow for further inquiries to continue.
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