A SOUTHAMPTON woman has been charged after a boy was sexual assaulted in Primark.

Police were told that a woman assaulted the 13-year-old over his clothes and winked at him in the Southampton store.

A 30-year-old woman has been charged with sexual assault on a male after the incident.

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Sintija Ugaine, of St Mary Street, was charged after the incident on February 25. 

Ugaine was due to appear at Southampton Magistrates Court on August 2 but she did not attend and the court issued a warrant not backed for bail.

The incident happened at around 1.45pm in Above Bar Street.

Police previously arrested a 29-year-old Southampton woman in April.

She was questioned by officers but was later released under investigation.

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