A MAN is due in court today in connection with the rape of a young woman in a Clydebank lane.

The 21-year-old was formally charged with the offence and is expected to appear at Dumbarton Sheriff Court today. 

It comes after we reported that a 23-year-old woman was allegedly raped in the early hours of Saturday morning in a lane off Alexander Street in the West Dunbartonshire town. 

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A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Police Scotland can confirm that a 21-year-old man has been charged in connection with a serious sexual assault in Clydebank on a 23-year old woman in the early hours of Saturday, August, in a lane off Alexander Street in the town.

"He is due to appear at Dumbarton Sheriff Court on Tuesday, August 4."