Attempted rape charge after attack near M1 services
BBCA 59-year-old man has been charged with attempting to rape a woman in her 20s near a service station on the M1 in Leicestershire.
Officers were called to reports of the assault in Baines Lane - an access road that links Leicester Forest East services with the A47 Hinckley Road - between 18:20 and 18:40 BST on Saturday.
Polish national Tadeusz Podlasinski was arrested on Tuesday and has been charged with one count of attempted rape and one count of intentional strangulation.
Podlasinski, of Wojska Polskiego in Nowa Wieś Wielka, is due to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court later.
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