A MAN is due in court over a rape in Scarborough.

North Yorkshire Police said the 18-year-old was arrested on Sunday after a woman was raped in an alley between the Black Lion public house and the NCP car park on North Street.

The suspect has since been charged with one count of rape and one count of attempted rape, and is due before York and Selby Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.

The woman is receiving support from specially-trained police officers.