Man charged with rapes in Gosport & Portsmouth

A man has been charged with multiple rapes following an investigation by the Operation Amberstone team.

Louis Charles Cann, aged 36, was charged with 8 counts of rape and one count of perverting the course of justice.

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

Cann, of Rampart Row in Gosport, appeared at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court today (1 February 2023) where he was remanded in custody to appear at Portsmouth Crown Court on 27 February.