Detectives in Kendal have charged a man with multiple offences after a woman in her late teens was assaulted in Kendal on Sunday evening ( 26 January).

Jack Slaven, aged 31, of no fixed abode, has been charged with the following offences following the incident:

  • Attempted robbery
  • Assault (ABH)
  • Two counts of assault of an emergency worker
  • Shoplifting

He has been remanded into custody and is due to appear before South Cumbria Magistrates Court today (28 January).