A RYDE man has been charged with raping a woman at a property in Newport. 
Lee Medley, 43, of St Michaels Avenue, was charged with one count of rape and appeared before Isle of Wight magistrates on Saturday, August 12.
He has been granted conditional bail and the case has been adjourned, with a date to be fixed.
A woman, aged in her 40s, reported a sexual assault which is said to have taken place at a property in Newport in the early hours of the morning on Sunday, August 6.