Police investigating an incident where a girl reported being held against her will in woodland have arrested a suspect.
Police investigating an incident where a girl reported being held against her will in woodland have arrested a suspect.
Officers were called to Whinney Lane, New Ollerton, at 6.20pm on Wednesday 17 July after the secondary school-aged girl was approached in nearby Boughton Brake.
The girl was released unharmed a short time later and raised the alarm.
A 44-year-old man was arrested on Friday night on suspicion of kidnap and sexual assault.
He has since been released on police bail.
Detective Sergeant Karl Aram, of Nottinghamshire Police, said:
“We have been working intensively over the last couple of weeks to identify a suspect in this case and I am pleased we have now made this arrest. Our investigation into what happened will now continue.”
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