Madalin Ilinca: Man, 34, in court charged with rape of teenage girl on Great Yarmouth beach

A man accused of raping a teenage girl and two counts of sexual assault on Great Yarmouth beach has appeared in court.

Norfolk Police were investigating reports that two girls were raped at the South Beach Parade in Great Yarmouth in the early hours of May 16.

Romanian national Madalin Ilinca appeared at Norwich Magistrates’ Court accused of raping a woman in Great Yarmouth between May 15 and May 16.

He is also accused of two counts of sexual assault in Great Yarmouth between May 15 and May 16.

In both cases, the complainant is said to be a female aged 16 and over.

Ilinca, 34, of Stafford Road, Great Yarmouth, was wearing a cream hoodie and clasped his hands in front of him on the pitch’s dock.

At one point she appeared tearful and said “please.”

The defendant, who had short-cut black hair and a beard, was not asked to defend himself against the charges.

He was arrested and sent to prison without requesting bail.

Ilinca, assisted by an interpreter via video link, is expected to appear before Norwich Crown Court on July 6.

Norfolk Police previously said Ilinca was stopped at the port of Dover when re-entering the UK and subsequently charged.

Police said another man in his 30s, who was arrested on suspicion of rape in connection with the same incident in Northamptonshire on May 17, will be released on bail until August 10 while investigations continue.