A 21-year-old South Norwood man has been charged with raping a teenage girl.

Dylan Rowe, of Westgate Road, is to appear at Croydon Magistrates' Court tomorrow accused of two counts of rape and the attempted rape of a victim aged under 16.

The offences are said to have taken place in Holmesdale Road on August 1 last year, when the girl was aged between 13 and 15.