Man and boy face sex crime charge

A man has been charged with rape and a 13-year-old boy has been charged with a sex offence after an attack in Essex.

Lee Meikle, 26, a builder, from Southend, has been charged with raping a girl under 16 and sexual assault.

A 13-year-old boy from Westcliff has been charged with sexual touching of a female aged 13 or over. Both are due before Southend magistrates on Monday.

The charges relate to an incident that took place in the early hours of Saturday morning.