Man charged with assault in Kendal

Detectives in Kendal have charged a man with multiple offences after a woman in her late teens was assaulted in Kendal on Sunday evening (26 January).

31-year-old Jack Slaven, of no fixed address, has been charged with attempted robbery, assault (ABH), two counts of assaulting an emergency worker and shoplifting.

He has been remanded into custody and is due to appear before South Cumbria Magistrates Court today (28 January).

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