A FOUNTAINS Close man has appeared in Winchester Crown Court charged with 40 crimes of rape and supply of drugs.

Romeo Enrico Cummins appeared before Judge Keith Cutler this morning facing 31 charges of raping females in Farnborough and Aldershot in 2013 and January and February of this year.

The 46-year-old is also charged with nine counts of supplying class A and C drugs including diamorphine, crack cocaine and GHB.

Cummins is due to reappear in Winchester Crown Court in June when he will enter a plea and has been remanded in custody until that date.