SEX and other allegations against a young Birkenhead man were put off until April 18 for committal proceedings by Wirral magistrates.

Lee Jason Stewart, aged 20, of Treetops Drive, Birkenhead, was remanded in custody.

He faces two charges of rape on a woman at Birkenhead and other matters of taking and carrying her away by force and also unlawfully imprisoning her and detaining her against her will in January.

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