Two men have been charged with a series of sexual offences against a teenage girl.

Memis Sidar, 36, unemployed, of London Road, St Leonards, and Ahmad Samar, 34, a shopkeeper, of Cloudesley Road, St Leonards, are due to appear on bail at Hastings Magistrates Court at 2pm on Wednesday, June 10.

Sidar is charged with two offences of rape and two of engaging in penetrative sexual activity, and Samar is charged with four offences of engaging in penetrative sexual activity, all with the girl when she was aged 13 between October and December 2013.

The charges follow an intensive investigation by East Sussex Safeguarding detectives.