A 48-year-old woman was raped twice as she walked home in Greater Manchester on Saturday night.

The victim was walking along Shanklin Walk in Darcy Lever, Bolton, at 2230 BST when a man approached her, police said.

He raped her in Shanklin Walk, before dragging her to nearby woodland where he raped her again.

Det Insp Stuart Wilkinson, of Bolton police, said the woman had been through an "horrific ordeal".

'Isolated attack'

He added: "Due to the mental trauma she has been through she is unable to provide an exact time for the attack, but she tells us it happened some time overnight after 2230 BST.

"I want to reassure local people that incidents like this are thankfully rare and we believe this is an isolated attack.

"We have a team of detectives working on this and are determined to bring this man to swift justice."

Det Insp Wilkinson appealed to anyone with any information to contact police.