Man arrested in connection with sexual assaults in Derby

Police released CCTV earlier this week following the attacks. Credit: Derbyshire Police.

Officers have arrested a man in connection with a series of sexual assaults on women in Derby.The 32-year-old remains in custody and is being questioned.

There have been a number of assaults on women, walking alone, since December 21 last year. These incidents have now grown in frequency over the past week.

One of the recent assaults happened on Thursday, January 5 and then a further six on Friday, January 6.

All of the incidents involved the offender touching the women inappropriately, over their clothing, before running off.

To speak to detectives you can call them on 101, quoting reference 16000428330.