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Lowestoft Teenager Appears in Court on Rape Charges After Alleyway Attack

The case moves to Ipswich Crown Court with a plea hearing set for May 5.

Overview

  • Harvey Flory, 18, appeared at Great Yarmouth Magistrates’ Court, did not enter a plea, and his case was sent to Ipswich Crown Court for a May 5 hearing.
  • Magistrates granted bail with conditions that bar him from Lowestoft, require no contact with the complainant or witnesses, and set a 7pm to 7am curfew at an address outside the area.
  • Police charged Flory with two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault by penetration.
  • Suffolk Police said the woman in her 20s was attacked in an alley near Arnold Street after a man followed her and a friend into the same taxi just after midnight on Sunday.
  • Officers arrested an 18-year-old about 12 hours later and took him to Great Yarmouth Police Investigation Centre, and specialist officers are supporting the victim.