Two men charged with sexual offences in 1980s and 1990s in Rochdale
The pair are accused of abusing seven different people
Last updated 25th Mar 2022
Two men have been charged with sexually abusing seven different people in Rochdale during the 1980s and 1990s.
Police first opened their investigation in 2018 after several victims came forward.
Now, 69 year old Anthony Whitehead, of High Bank in Bolton has been charged with six counts of indecent assault and two counts of inciting a boy to commit an act of gross indecency.
Mathew Carl Laryea, 65, of Langport Avenue in Longsight, has been charged with three counts of gross indecency, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, sexual assault, eight counts of indecent assault and two counts of false imprisonment.
Those charges realted to abuse committed against five teenage boys in Bolton, Wythenshawe and Longsight.
Both men will appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court in April.
The investigation has seen police working with Saint Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre and Survivors Manchester to help protect and support victims.