Man accused of Blackpool Promenade sex attack
A Lancashire man has been charged with sexual assault following an attack on a 19-year-old woman on Blackpool Promenade.
Police were called to reports of an assault on a woman from Manchester outside Harry Ramsden's fish and chip restaurant at 0330 BST on Friday.
A 37-year-old man from Thornton-Cleveleys has been charged and remanded in custody.
He is due to appear at Blackpool Magistrates' Court later.
Police have appealed for a group of three men, who they believe walked past during the assault, to contact them.
The men were walking in a southerly direction and were followed a short distance by the victim, police said.