Police hunt pervert who pounced on boy in alley
A MAN who tried to sexually assault a 14-year-old boy as he walked through a secluded alleyway is being hunted by police.
He managed to escape and raise the alarm, police said. The boy wasn’t hurt, but left ‘understandably shaken’ by the incident, GMP said.
The M.E.N. reported last year three women were sexually assaulted as they walked through the same alleyway in the Edgeley area of Stockport. Detectives are now appealing for witnesses.
The latest incident happened between 2pm and 2.30pm on Monday.
The alleyway joins Booth Street and Moscow Road East in Edgeley. Often flooded and full of litter, it runs adjacent to the railway line behind Stockport County Football Club’s ground.
Police said the boy was walking through the alleyway at the time.
A GMP spokesman said in a statement: “He was approached by a man who spoke to him inappropriately.
FORMER Corrie star Michelle Keegan and hubby Mark Wright have jetted back from their Spanish holiday and now face two weeks back in isolation.
The couple have been living it up in Marbella, Mallorca and Ibiza for over a week.
But due to the immediate changes made to the quarantine rules made between Spain and the
“The man then attempted to sexually assault him. The boy was able to run away and raise the alarm. He was left shaken by the incident and is being cared for by specialist officers.”
The man is described as Asian, aged between 25 and 30 and skinny.
He had facial hair, described by police as groomed but slightly scruffy, and black combed-over hair. The man is also described as having a grey spot on his left cheek and was wearing a dark blue tracksuit with red or orange stripes down the sleeves and possibly the bottoms. Anyone with information can call police on 0161 856 9790, quoting incident number 1717 of 27/07/20 – or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
UK over the weekend, the couple now have to spend 14 days in isolation.
Mark and Michelle have been documenting their luxurious trip on Instagram and now mark has included their journey ‘back to quarantine life’ with masked-up selfies on their flight home.
Once they got back to their home in Essex, Mark and
Stockport-born Michelle were straight back into lockdown mode and watching TV.
Mark told his Instagram followers: “Quarantine life. 2 weeks!! How’s ya luck!!
“Oh well. Looks like I will be doing a whole lot of this,” alongside a picture of his telly in what looks like the couple’s bedroom.