A TEENAGER has been charged with raping a woman in a park in Newcastle city centre at the weekend.
A woman was threatened with a knife, punched and raped as she walked home through Exhibition Park at 3am on Sunday.
Officers from Northumbria Police have tonight charged a 17-year-old youth with rape.
He has been remanded in police custody and will appear before North Tyneside Magistrates Court in the morning.
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