A man is being held in custody after being accused of rape in Gozo.

The man, a 29-year-old Nigerian, was accused of having raped a woman in Victoria on Wednesday afternoon, the police said.

He was also accused of holding the woman against her will.

The man pleaded not guilty. Inspector Bernard Charles Spiteri prosecuted. 

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