A man is due in court after a woman was allegedly attacked in a Black Country alleyway.

The victim, said to be in her 50s, was walking along Brierley Hill High Street at around 11.30pm on Friday (8 August), before she was said to have been attacked in an alleyway near Hill Street.

She fought the man off before ringing 999 police said.

West Midlands Police and CCTV operators tracked down a man an hour after the incident.

Officers chased the attacker and he was arrested on King Street.

Arez Omer, 39, of Ivanhoe Street, Dudley, has been charged with sexual assault and exposure, and has been remanded in custody ahead of a hearing before Wolverhampton Magistrates Court on Monday morning.

Meanwhile, the victim is receiving specialist help from the force.

WMP said: "A man has been charged

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