A WESTCLIFF man has been charged with several offences including two counts of rape.

Following an investigation by specialist officers investigating sexual abuse, Nuno Mendonca, 42, of Grosvenor Road, was charged with three counts of assault by beating, two counts of rape and one count of making threats to kill and assault causing actual bodily harm.

He is on remand after appearing at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday June 3, and is due to appear at Basildon Crown Court on Wednesday July 1

It follows an investigation by Essex Police's South Essex Adult Sexual Abuse Investigations Team (ASAIT) for offences dating from June 2018 to the May 31 2020.

Police arrested a man on Monday June 1.