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A man has now been charged with the attempted rape of a 14-year-old girl in Southampton on Friday morning (25 October).
We were called at 8.09am to a report of the attempted rape on Sullivan Road.
The girl was not physically injured and is being supported.
Joshua Ross Bennett, 34, of Lydgate Road, has been charged with attempted rape.
He has also been charged with attempted kidnap in relation to an incident which took place on Tuesday 15 October.
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 this morning (Monday 28 October).