Man charged with attempted rape and sexual assault at care home

An eighteen-year-old man has been charged with attempted rape, sexual assault, trespass with intent to rape and criminal damage, after a staff member found an intruder in the room of an elderly resident at a care home in Lancashire.

Lancashire Police were called to New Thursby Nursing Home on Clifton Drive in Lytham St Annes just before 5am on Sunday 4 August, after a staff member found an unknown man in the resident’s bedroom. The intruder had climbed through the window of a ground floor room and fled through the same window.

Josh Haworth, 18, of Gisburn Avenue, St Annes, was arrested on Friday 16 August and after police consulted with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), he was charged with four offences of attempted rape, sexual assault, trespass with intent to rape and criminal damage.

Josh Haworth appeared before magistrates in Blackpool who remanded him into custody to appear at Preston Crown Court on 18 September.

A 16-year-old boy arrested shortly after the incident on suspicion of rape and burglary was released under investigation pending further enquiries. He has now been released without charge in relation to this incident.

The resident is being cared for by professionals and continues to be supported by specialist officers.

Detectives are urging anyone with information to call 101 quoting log 350 of 4 August.