A man has been charged with rape following an incident in Heybridge.
Police were contacted at about 10.30pm on Tuesday following reports that a woman was being sexually assaulted near a bridge off Creasen Butt Close.
David Heard, aged 26, of Elizabeth Way, Heybridge, was charged with rape and will appear before Chelmsford magistrates today.
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