06/06/2007

Teenager arrested over girl's rape

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of raping a 13-year-old girl in Greater Manchester.

Greater Manchester Police said that the boy went to a police station shortly before midnight on Tuesday night.

The girl was attacked on May 29, after she left a bus travelling between Manchester city centre and Urmston.

She got off the bus on Lostock Road, where she started speaking to a man who she walked along Canterbury Road with.

However, she was then forced into a wooded area and raped.

The 17-year-old boy remains in police custody and is due to be questioned later today.

(KMcA/SP)

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