A MAN has been charged with two counts of sexual assault following an incident at the Trafford Centre.

Mel Orme, 54, of Fir Street, Eccles appeared at Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court on Monday, October 21, and was remanded into custody.

He has been ordered to reappear in front of a judge at Minshull Street Crown Court, Manchester, on Monday November 18.

Orme has been charged with two counts of sexual assault following an incident on Saturday, October 19.

Police officers were called to the Trafford Centre following reports from the shopping centre of a man inappropriately inappropriately touching women.