Ryan Howley charged with grooming offences

Date published: 24 June 2015


A man has been charged following an investigation by detectives from Greater Manchester Police's Sunrise Team in Rochdale.

Ryan Howley (born 14/02/1994), of Top O'The Close Road, Walsden, Todmorden, is charged with two counts of attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming and one count of inciting a child to commit sexual activity.

He appeared before Rochdale and Bury Magistrates' Court today, 24 June 2015, where he was remanded in custody to next appear on 15 July 2015.

It follows an investigation by officers into complaints about online grooming.

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