A man has appeared in court accused of raping a woman in the Rising Sun Country Park.
Alan Anthony Rothwell, 34, of of Mowbray Street, in Heaton, Newcastle, has been charged with rape and was in the dock at Newcastle Magistrates' Court on Saturday. Details have not been released on next court appearance and remand or bail status at this stage.
As previously reported, a woman reported she had attacked in the Rising Sun Country Park, in Benton, on Monday, March 28, at about 4.10pm near the Pit Heap area.
