A PAIR of flatmates who are accused of raping a woman they met in a bar have had a trial date set.

Andrew Page, 27, and Jordan Blanche, 26, first appeared before Oxford Magistrates’ Court on June 27 this year facing a single charge of rape.

The men, self-employed mechanical engineers working for BMW in Oxford, allegedly jointly attacked the same woman in their flat in Bicester on Saturday, June 24, after meeting her in a bar in the town.

READ MORE: 'Odious’ paedophile jailed for almost 20 years for rape of child

At a case management hearing at Oxford Crown Court on Wednesday (December 13), it was heard that a trial is due to take place in July next year.

Both men, from Gorleston, near Great Yarmouth, were not required to be at the hearing.