Men Charged With Kidnap & Sexual Offences

Three men have been charged with kidnap and a number of sexual offences after a woman was allegedly attacked in the village of Misterton near Lutterworth.

The men, all from Gaul Street in Leicester, were arrested after reports the woman was seriously sexually assaulted in the early hours of Sunday.

Police conducted searches in Misterton this week    Pic: Andy Carpenter

Vahar Manchala, 22, has been charged with two counts of sexual assault, two counts of assaulting a female aged 13 and over by penetration with a part of his body/a thing and one count of kidnap/falsely imprisoning a person with intent to commit a relevant sexual offence.

Rana Yellambai, 28, has been charged with one count of one count of kidnap/falsely imprisoning a person with intent to commit a relevant sexual offence and one count of assaulting a female aged 13 and over by penetration with a part of his body/a thing.

Ajay Doppalapudi, 25, has been charged with one count of one count of kidnap/falsely imprisoning a person with intent to commit a relevant sexual offence and one count of assaulting a female aged 13 and over by penetration with a part of his body/a thing.

The men are due to appear before Leicester Magistrates’ Court today,