Man, 54, charged with multiple rapes over attacks on women in Henley and West Berkshire

A 54-year-old man has been charged with rape, intentional strangulation and a string of other offences in connection with attacks on two women in Henley and West Berkshire.

Andrew Dent, of Desborough Road, High Wycombe, is accused of attacking two women on separate occasions after meeting on a dating website or app.

One of the victims, a woman in her 50s from London, was attacked at an address in Henley on the evening of October 26, 2024.

Another woman, aged in her 30s and from South Wales, was attacked and had intimate photographs of her taken without consent in a hotel in West Berkshire on the evening of June 19, 2024.

Dent has been charged with nine counts of rape, five counts of sexual assault by penetration, three counts of intentional strangulation, two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of voyeurism.

The High Wycombe man has been remanded in custody and is due to appear at Reading Crown Court tomorrow (Wednesday).