TWO 20-year-old men appeared before Redditch magistrates charged with the sexual assault of a pair of 16-year-old girls in Riverside.

Ricky Gall, of Alvechurch, was arrested on Wednesday and appeared before magistrates on Friday charged with rape.

He was remanded in custody to appear at Worcester Crown Court tomorrow.

In connection with the same incident, alleged to have taken place last Monday, Kings Norton man Steven McKenna appeared on Saturday charged with sexual activity towards a person without consent.

He was also remanded in police custody for a date to be set.

Inquiries into the incident are continuing and police are urging anyone with information who has not yet spoken to them to call them on 08457 444 888 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.