16/07/2008

Two Charged Over Rochdale Rape

A man and a youth have been charged following an attack in Rochdale where a 17-year-old girl was repeatedly raped.

The teenager was attacked as she walked near the Lidl supermarket on Spotland Road in the early hours of July 5.

Two men attacked her, dragging her into some bushes where she was raped several times.

Mohammed Ali, 25, of Holland Street, Rochdale and a 17-year-old boy who cannot be named for legal reasons, have both been charged with rape and are due to appear before magistrates in Rochdale today.

(KMcA/JM)

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