A man has been charged with the racially aggravated rape of a woman in Walsall.

John Ashby, 32, of no fixed address, is accused of one count of rape and sexual assault in relation to the attack, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.

It comes after a woman, aged in her 20s, was targeted in the Park Hall area of Walsall on Saturday night.

Mr Ashby has also been charged with intentional strangulation, racially aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and robbery in relation to the same victim.