A man who reportedly forced himself on a 14-year-old girl as she slept beside him appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday to answer to charges of rape.

The court was told that on the day in question, the complainant came home from school and proceeded to watch television in a room where the accused man, Lance McKay, was sleeping. She reportedly fell asleep while lying down beside the accused and awoke to find him trying to have sex with her. He reportedly forced her to comply.

McKay was ordered to have his fingerprints taken and is to reappear in court on July 10.