A man has been charged with non-recent abuse in Manchester

A man from Warwickshire has been charged with non-recent abuse in Manchester.

Francis Godwin, 55 and from Leamington Spa, has been charged with 10 counts of gross indecency with a boy under the age of 14.

He is due to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 4 May 2017.

The charges relate to an investigation into non-recent abuse between 1984 and 1985 in the Didsbury area.

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