A 16-YEAR-OLD boy has appeared in court on charges of raping teenage girls in Forest Hill and Herne Hill.

He is accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in the Forest Hill area on November 30 last year.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is also accused of raping a 15-year-old girl on two separate occasions in the Herne Hill area last Monday (April 20).

He was charged on Thursday and appeared at Balham Youth Court on Friday.

The boy has been remanded in custody to appear again at the same court on May 1.