Man, 19 arrested over sex assault

A MAN has been arrested after a woman was sexually assaulted near a Portsmouth war memorial.

Police say they have arrested a 19-year-old from Portsmouth over the incident, which happened in the early hours of New Year’s Day near the cenotaph in Guildhall Square, Portsmouth

He is in police custody. An 18-year-old woman reported to police that she was attacked between 3am and 4.20am on Saturday, January 1 by a man she did not know.