A YOUNG Kent man has been charged with rape following attacks on three women working at a massage parlour.

Lutfi Mata, 18, from Wrotham Road, Gravesend, was arrested on Tuesday in Isleworth, following the alleged attacks during an incident an address in Hemel Hempstead.

He is due to appear at St Albans Crown Court on January 23 next year.

Mata is also charged in connection with an aggravated burglary that occurred at an address in Watford on Thursday September 15 this year.