Zachary Benn (aged 19), of Ringstead Drive, Manchester, has been charged with one count of: rape; sexual assault; blackmail; robbery; and possession of a bladed article.

He has been remanded in custody and is due to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court later today (Monday).

Police were called at around 8.25pm on Sunday, August 9, 2020 to reports a woman in her late-teens was raped in a field off of New Allen Street in Manchester.