Two Men Charged Appear in Court

Officers have secured charges on two men in connection with reported offences.

A 39-year-old man was charged with intentional strangulation and common assault after an incident at a property in Middlesbrough where the man was also reportedly found in possession of a class B drug and was charged with possession of this.

He was due to appear at Teesside Magistrates Court on Monday 14^th August.

A second man was charged with three counts of rape on a woman over the age of 16 and one of making indecent images of a child. The 18-year-old man was due to appear at Teesside Magistrates Court on Tuesday 15^th August.