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Friday, 15 June 2007, 08:27 GMT 09:27 UK

Man is arrested after woman raped

Detectives investigating the rape of a 36-year-old woman in Oldham have arrested a man.

The woman was walking home along Manchester Road, Werneth, on Tuesday after a night out when a man asked her for a light for a cigarette.

Police said he asked her to go to his house but when she refused he pushed her against a wall and raped her.

A 21-year-old man, from Chadderton, has been arrested on suspicion of rape and is currently in police custody.




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