Detectives are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a teenage girl was sexually assaulted by a cyclist on a Tameside canal towpath. Police received a report that the girl had been assaulted by a man who had been riding his bike along the Ashton Canal towpath, in Audenshaw, on Thursday (June 23).
The incident took place at around 3.15pm and was reported later that afternoon, Greater Manchester Police says. A 41-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and has been questioned by police in Tameside. He has since been bailed pending further enquiries, Greater Manchester Police confirmed this morning (June 25).
Det Con Katy McFarlane, of GMP's Tameside district, says police enquiries are 'very much ongoing' and anyone with information about the incident is asked to get in touch. She particularly wants to hear from a group who saw the incident unfold at the canal towpath and tried to intervene.
