JACK Tweed, the widower of TV celebrity Jade Goody, has been ordered to return to court this November over an allegation that he raped a young woman in Woodford Bridge.

Mr Tweed came before Snaresbrook Crown Court this morning for a preliminary hearing.

After legal formalities, he was again remanded in custody and told to return on November 16 for a plea hearing.

He is expected to deny the charge.

It is alleged that Mr Tweed attacked a woman on September 4 at his rented flat in the Brandesbury Square section of gated community Repton Park.