A MAN has been charged in connection with an incident where a woman was allegedly forced into a car in Woodley in the early hours of the morning.

Abdul Hanif was arrested on Wednesday and charged with kidnap, assault and failing to provide a specimen of breath in connection with an incident at the BP garage in Shepherds Hill on Tuesday.

The 41-year-old, of no-fixed abode, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court the same day and the case was sent to Reading Crown Court to be heard on Monday, August 11.