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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. | 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. | 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. |
| 'Disturbing and unusual' | |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | The boy touched a woman's breast in a car park, before carrying out another sex attack two hours later, the CPS said. |
| Det Ch Insp Colin Larkin, from Greater Manchester Police, said the crimes had "shocked everybody, not least the five women who were traumatised as a result of being sexually assaulted by this young boy". | |
| "For such a young boy to have committed such appalling attacks is both disturbing and unusual," he said. |