Heywood man charged with rape after public identify him via CCTV images
Date published: 19 December 2022
Photo: Joel Goodman
Manchester & Salford Magistrates Court
A Heywood man has been charged with the rape of a woman on Sunday 11 December 2022 in Rochdale town centre.
Francis Henshaw, 41, was arrested on Friday 16 and charged the following day after members of the public identified him on circulated CCTV images.
He was also charged with a sexual assault that occurred in September, of a 17-year-old girl.
He has been remanded in custody and will appear at Salford Magistrates Court today (Monday 19 December 2022).
DS Steven Gilliland of Rochdale CID said: “I would like to thank the members of the public who identified the man in the photograph that we issued to the media.
“Because of this he has been arrested and charged and will now go before the courts.”
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