Man due in court in Sheffield over sex attack on woman in her 70s

Monjur Khan, aged 31, is due to appear at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court this morning in connection with a sexual assault on Clifton Bank in the Wellgate area of Rotherham last Saturday afternoon.

Police officers were deployed to the road at 1.29pm in response to reports that a woman aged in her 70s had been the victim of a sexual assault.

Khan, of Doncaster Road, Rotherham, has been charged with sexual assault; attempting to choke, suffocate or strangle with intent and trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence.

He has been remanded in custody.

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