Sullivan Road in Sholing was cordoned off on Friday (Image: Newsquest)
A man has been charged with the attempted rape of a girl in Southampton.
Police were called shortly after 8am on Friday to a report of an attempted rape of a 14-year-old girl in Sullivan Road.
The girl was not physically injured and is being supported.
Following an investigation into the incident in Southampton, Joshua Ross Bennett, 34, of Lydgate Road, has been charged with attempted rape.
He has also been charged with attempted kidnap in relation to a separate incident on Tuesday, October 15.
A woman in her 30s reported that a man had followed her and taken hold of her on Lydgate Road before he was interrupted and fled the scene.
Bennett is due to appear at Southampton Magistrates Court today Monday, October 28.
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