A 26-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with rape after a prostitute claimed she was sexually assaulted in Blackburn.

The woman, in her 30s, said she was attacked by a man in Pleasington Street at around 7pm on Monday.

Police said the man accompanied the woman to a secluded area just off the main road before she was allegedly subjected to a serious sexual assault.

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Anyone with information should contact DS Ben Hodgkinson, of Blackburn CID, on 01254 353562 or call 101 quoting crime reference ED1505305.