08/06/2009

Teen Charged Over Sex Assault

A teenage boy has been charged in connection with a sexual assault on a 24-year-old woman near Stirling, it has emerged.

The woman was attacked on 3 June at about 8.00pm as she walked along Cornton Road in Bridge of Allan.

Central Scotland Police had earlier issued an appeal for anyone with information about the attack to contact them.

The force said the 13-year-old, who has not been named, had been reported in relation to the assault.

(JM/KMcA)

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