A man has been charged in connection with the attempted rape of a teenage girl in woodland in Droylsden.
Greater Manchester Police confirmed on Sunday (19 December) that Kevin Lee Martin, 38, of no fixed abode, has been charged with attempted rape.
They said he has been remanded in custody to appear before Manchester Magistrates' Court on Monday (20 December).
Shortly after 3pm on Sunday 14 November, the force was called to a report that a female had been assaulted on Sunnybank Vale, near to Greenside Lane.
Enquiries established that, at around 2.45pm, she had been walking through a wooded area of Sunnybank Vale when she was assaulted by a man.
The young woman, who is in her late teens, fought back and the man subsequently fled.
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