Charges over Tas abduction, rape of girl

Police have charged a man in a two-year investigation into the abduction and rape of a 12-year-old girl in Tasmania.

A two-year investigation into the abduction and rape of a 12-year-old Tasmanian girl has resulted in a man being charged.

A Devonport man, 39, was arrested and charged on Wednesday over the May 2014 Latrobe attack.

The man was granted bail by a Justice of the Peace to reappear in court at a later date.