A MAN has been charged with raping a man in Bolton.

Ashley Preston, aged 22, of Cecilia Street, Great Lever, was charged with rape and perverting the course of justice.

Police launched an investigation after receiving reports a man had been raped in a car park just off Manchester Road in the early hours of Saturday September 5.

Preston has been remanded into custody and is due to appear at Bolton Magistrates Court on Tuesday October 13.