Nursery worker charged with raping child

A 20-year-old nursery assistant is to appear in court charged with the rape of a child at his workplace, prosecutors have said. The man was arrested at his home in Nechells, Birmingham, in the early hours of Wednesday morning by detectives from West Midlands Police's public protection department. Jayne Salt, head of the Crown Prosecution Service West Midlands complex casework unit, said: "Having carefully examined all of the available information which was submitted to us by the police, we have decided that there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest to charge him with two counts of rape in relation to an investigation into the Little Stars Nursery in Nechells, Birmingham. "He faces two charges of oral rape of a child under 13 years, namely two or three years, on dates between January 1 2009 and July 30 2010. "He will be appearing before Birmingham Magistrates' Court tomorrow, where an application to remand him in custody will be made by the prosecution."