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Man charged following sexual assaults in Bradley Stoke in summer 2022

A 37-year-old man has been charged following an investigation into sexual assaults committed in the Bradley Stoke area in the summer of 2022. From a total of four charges, two relate to incidents in the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve while the other two relate to incidents at Primrose Bridge. The man has been released on conditional bail to appear at court on Tuesday 19th March.

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Police issue correction to news release on Bradley Stoke sexual assault

Avon and Somerset Police have issued a correction to a news release they put out regarding the charging of a man with a sexual assault that occurred in Bradley Stoke on Friday 15th July. They now say the incident happened “outside an address in Bradley Stoke … *not* in the immediate vicinity of the [Three Brooks] nature reserve”, rather than “at the nature reserve” as they had originally reported.

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Man arrested as police reveal details of two further sexual assaults in nature reserve

An arrest has been made by officers investigating a serious sexual assault in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve, which is now being linked to two other recent offences in the same area. The initial incident happened on the evening of Thursday 4th August. Police have now revealed that further assaults took place on Tuesday 23rd August and Thursday 1st September.

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Man arrested following reports of “serious sexual assault” in Bradley Stoke

A man has been arrested following reports of a “serious sexual assault” in Bradley Stoke on Easter Sunday (1st April). The news, released only today (Wednesday 4th April), comes three days after a police cordon was seen to be in place for several hours on Sunday morning, centred on a footpath connecting Brook Way with the playing field at Patchway Common (behind Bradley Stoke

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