A MAN has been charged with multiple rapes spanning across 10 months.

Louis Charles Cann, 36, faces eight charges of rape and one charge of perverting the course of justice.

It comes after an investigation was launched by the Operation Amberstone team.

The rape charges relate to two women, and the incidents are reported to have happened in the Gosport and Portsmouth areas between February 1, 2022, and December 17, 2022.

Cann, of Rampart Row, Gosport, appeared at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court today where he was remanded in custody to appear at Portsmouth Crown Court on February 27.

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