A Bexley man has been charged with raping a woman in Whitechapel following a media appeal.

Jonathan Graden, 29, of Poppy Close in Belvedere, is accused of attacking the 22-year-old in Hanbury Street in the early hours of November 9 last year.

He appeared before Bexley Magistrates’ Court on December 24 and remanded in custody to appear at Bexley Magistrates’ Court on January 21.