05/05/2026
A man is due to appear in court charged with five offences following a thorough police response to a report of a serious sexual offence in Basildon.
Officers were called shortly after 6pm on Thursday 30 April to Ashlyns following a report that a teenage girl had been grabbed, taken to a secluded area and assaulted.
As a result of ongoing enquiries, a man was arrested on Sunday 3 May.
Charges have since been secured against Mohammed Younas, 31, of Bearstead Drive, Pitsea.
Younas, who is a British-born national with pakiStani heritage, has been charged with kidnap/false imprisonment, engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, possession with intent to supply Class A and Class B drugs, and possessing criminal property.
Younas is due to appear at Southend Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 5 May.