Detectives charge man over the rape of a woman in Belfast at the weekend

A MAN is to face a court on Thursday morning charged with raping a woman at the weekend.

The serious sexual assault on the 41-year-old woman happened in the city on Saturday.

Detectives from the PSNI’s Rape Crime Unit based at Ladas Drive in east Belfast have been investigating the sex attack.

The 35-year-old suspect is due before Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

Police have released no other details on the incident.