Man charged for raping a boy and stalking a woman in Portsmouth
He is due in court on Monday
A man has been arrested and charged on offences of rape and stalking in Portsmouth.
Sadiq Farhad Azad, 33, an Iraqi national with no fixed address, was charged after a 14-year-old boy was raped in an alleyway off London Road between 7pm and 8pm on Thursday, August 6. The boy did not know Azad but they had spoken on a bus prior to the incident.
Police were alerted to the crime on Tuesday, August 11 whereby they launched an investigation. Then a separate investigation began on Tuesday, September 1 after a woman in her 20s reported that she was being stalked by a man over the course of a year with police finding it was the same culprit.
A Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary spokesperson said: “A man has been charged with offences including raping a 14-year-old child and stalking a woman in her 20s in Portsmouth.
“Following enquiries into both incidents, Sadiq Farhad Azad, 33, who is an Iraqi national of no fixed address has been arrested and charged with the following offences: Rape of a boy aged 13/ 14/ 15 years of age, section 4a stalking, criminal damage to property – value under £5000.
“He has been remanded into custody to appear at Portsmouth Crown Court on Monday, September 7.”
The criminal damage charge relates to an incident where Azad reportedly damaged the car of a family member of the woman who was being stalked.