Police in Rochester arrest suspected sex attacker
Published: 11:52, 24 February 2011
A 33-year-old man has been charged on suspicion of carrying out a string of sex attacks.
Philip Cook, of Maidstone Road, Rochester, was accused of three sexual assaults and a common assault.
It follows an investigation into a series of reported offences in the town between September 27 and December 4.
The first was in New Road, Rochester. A 17-year-old girl told police a man on a bus tried to touch her leg.
The following day officers received a report of an incident outside Medway Maritime Hospital in which a man grabbed 20-year-old woman and tried to kiss her.
The third incident happened on October 3 at an address in Hermitage Lane when a man allegedly tried to grab a 28-year-old woman.
And the final attack was reported at an address in Maidstone Road when a 28-year-old man suffered minor injuries.
Cook has been released on bail and is due to appear at Medway Magistrates' Court on April 27.
Anyone with information should contact Kent Police in Medway on 792 421 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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