A man has been charged with a number of offences following a police investigation.

Kieran Larbey, 21, formerly of Penwortham, is charged with four offences of rape, an offence of attempted sexual assault, two offences of occasioning actual bodily harm, an offence of common assault, two offences of non-fatal strangulation, one offence of theft, and one offence criminal damage.

He has been remanded in custody to await trial at Preston Crown Court in January 2024.