Ferguson accused of indecent assault

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Sir Alex Ferguson is under investigation by South African police following a complaint of indecent assault.

The complaint was made by a woman in her 20s to police at Camps Bay Police Station in Cape Town at 10.45am yesterday.

Senior Superintendent of the South African Police Service Mary Martin-Englebrecht said the woman, believed to be from Cape Town, had "laid a charge of indecent assault against a well-known high-profile businessman from Britain. We know he is in the sports industry," she added. However, a police spokesman at Camps Bay confirmed that the allegation was against Ferguson.