Detectives have charged a man with rape following an attack on a 23-year-old woman in Southampton as she walked home after a night out.

Mojeeb Karimi, 26, of Portswood Road, Southampton has been charged with rape and another sexual offence.

It was in the early hours of Saturday, January 26 2008 that the alleged sex attack took place.

It happened after the victim left Grosvenor Casino and walked along West Quay Road.

As she took a short cut through the car park of the De Vere hotel she is thought to have met Karimi.

Karimi will appear at Southampton crown court on June 19, 2008.