A teenager has been charged with rape after women were attacked in Hendon.

Archie Thomas, of Sunny Gardens Road, Hendon, will appear at Hendon Magistrates Court today accused of two counts of rape.

The 19-year-old is also charged with threatening a person with a blade or a sharp object and robbery.

The charges relate to two reported sexual assaults in the Hendon area – the first on Friday, Febraury 13 between Sunny Gardens Road and Downage and the second on Sunday, February 22 in Queens Road.

Both victims are under the age of 20.