Cairns boy 'sexually assaulted jogger'

A 15-year-old boy has been accused of sexually assaulting a female jogger as she exercised with her children in Cairns.

The woman, aged in her 30s, was out running with her children in suburban Manunda on Thursday when the boy pressed himself against her. A member of the public challenged the teen, and he fled.

He was arrested a short time later and has been charged with sexual assault.