Three boys and two men have been charged over the rape of a teenage girl in Kent, police said.

Kent police received reports on Tuesday that a girl had been raped at a private property in Gravesend between 25 March and 19 April.

Two men and three boys were subsequently arrested.

Ionut Dobre, 33, was charged with rape on Friday alongside two 16-year-olds and a 15-year-old, all from Gravesend.

Benone Inofte, 46, was charged the same day with aiding and abetting a rape.

They appeared at Medway magistrates court in Kent on Friday and will next appear at Woolwich crown court in south-east London on 22 May.

Both men were remanded into custody. Two of the boys were remanded into youth detention and the third was released into the care of the local authority, the force added in a statement.