Man charged with kidnapping and attacking 87-year-old

A man has been charged with kidnapping and attacking an 87-year-old pensioner.

Shohad Miah has been charged after an incident in Oldham, Greater Manchester, on 15 September in which an elderly man was forced into a car, attacked, and thrown out on to a road in West Yorkshire, miles from his home, in the dark.

It comes after two people were arrested during the police investigation into the attack.

Miah, 24, from Royton, Oldham, has been charged with kidnap, Section 18 GBH, robbery, and intentional strangulation and will appear at Tameside Magistrates' Court on 24 September.

The incident took place in the Lee Street area of Oldham as the pensioner was reportedly walking home.

During the incident, the pensioner was dragged into a black car before being driven around West Yorkshire and attacked, suffering serious injuries, Greater Manchester Police said at the time.