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Manchester sex attacks: Boy, 14, admits five charges | Manchester sex attacks: Boy, 14, admits five charges |
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A 14-year-old boy has admitted carrying out a number of sexual assaults near the University of Manchester. | |
The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted five counts of sexual assault. Three assaults took place on the same day. | |
He was charged overnight. The boy has been remanded in custody and will be sentenced at Manchester City Magistrates' Court on 2 December. | He was charged overnight. The boy has been remanded in custody and will be sentenced at Manchester City Magistrates' Court on 2 December. |
An 18-year-old man is on bail in connection with the assaults. | An 18-year-old man is on bail in connection with the assaults. |
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said three assaults took place on 21 September, the first near John Ryland's University Library at 17:10 BST. | |
A further sex attack happened an hour later near the Mansfield Cooper Building, followed by a third near the library at 18:30 BST. | |
Two further assaults took place on 5 October, both near Manchester Museum. | |
The boy touched a woman's breast in a car park, before carrying out another sex attack two hours later, the CPS said. |