A MAN has been charged after a woman was sexually assaulted in a Southampton nightclub.

Aliou Bah, 33, of Bishops Road, Southampton, has been charged with sexual assault on a female.

It comes after police were called to a nightclub in Lower Bannister Street on Sunday, July 17, at 1.38am.

A woman in her 20s reported that a man had sexually assaulted her over clothing inside the club.

He was remanded to appear at Southampton Magistrates’ Court yesterday (18 July) where he was bailed with conditions to appear at Southampton Crown Court on August 15.

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