Manchester tram 'hate crime' suspects charged
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Two men and a teenager have been charged over a suspected "hate" crime on a tram in Manchester city centre.
Police were made aware of alleged racial abuse on a Metrolink tram on 28 June after a video was posted online.
There were two further alleged assaults later in Trafford, at Pomona Strand and Bridgewater Way, police said.
A man, 20, has been charged with racially-aggravated assault. Another man, 19, and a boy, 16, were charged with public order offences and assault.
The 20-year-old, Robert Molloy, of no fixed address, was also charged with two further assaults and a public order offence.
Aaron Cauchi, 19, of Brydon Close, Salford, was charged with two public order offences and assault.
The 16-year-old from Pendleton, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged with two public order offences and assault.
All three are due to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on 8 November.