A man will appear in court today in connection with an alleged sex attack on a woman in Heybridge on Tuesday.
David Heard, 26, of Elizabeth Way, Heybridge, has been charged with rape and will appear at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court.
Police were contacted at around 10.30pm following reports that a woman was being assaulted near a bridge off Creasen Butt Close.
The alleged victim was taken to the county's sexual assault referral centre.
