A MAN has been arrested in connection with a reported sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl in Ferndown.
Dorset Police said the incident occurred at around 4.20pm on Thursday, September 17, when the teenage girl was sitting on a bench by a bus stop near Iceland, in Victoria Road.
A police spokesperson said it was reported “a man approached her, having got off the number 13 Morebus”.
“He reportedly began engaging her in conversation and made inappropriate sexual comments before grabbing the victim around the neck,” they went on.
“Following enquiries by officers, a 50-year-old Bournemouth man was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. He has been released on police bail as further investigative work is carried out.”
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