Detectives investigating a serious sex attack on an eight-year-old boy in Hampshire have charged a teenager with serious sexual assault and attempted abduction.
A 15-year-old boy, from Alton, faces two charges - one of rape and one of attempted abduction when he appears before magistrates in Aldershot today.
The allegation is said to have happened at 5pm on Monday as the alleged victim walked home in the Manor Road area of Alton.
He was approached by a man who came out of an alleyway on a bicycle.
The man took him to a wooded area near playing fields at the rear of Manor Road and subjected him to a serious sexual assault, police said.
A Hampshire Police spokesperson said: "These offences relate to separate incidents that took place in Alton on Monday December 4."
A 17-year-old man from Alton, who was arrested on Monday, has been released on police bail pending further inquiries.
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