55-year-old Michael Lawson appears in court over the June incident.
Michael Lawson, 55, has been charged with the rape of a woman in Soho and appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Saturday. The charge relates to an incident that occurred in the early hours of June 17, where a woman reported being attacked by a man, according to the Metropolitan Police.
The woman is receiving ongoing support from specially trained officers. Lawson, who is of no fixed abode, was arrested on Friday following an investigation led by detectives from the Central West Command Unit.
