An unemployed man has been charged with attempting to rape a woman on New Year's Day.

Tomas Beganskas, 25, was also charged with three other sexual assaults when he appeared at West London Magistrates' Court on January 28.

Mr Beganskas, of Thorpe Road, east London, was charged with an attempted rape in Wittering Close - on the border between Kingston and Richmond - on January 1 this year.

He was also charged with sexual assaults in Rosary Gardens, Kensington, on October 29, 2010, in Cromwell Road, Kensington, on December 4, 2010, and Carlisle Street on January 23 this year.

He will appear at Isleworth Crown Court on April 21.