Thames Valley Police arrest Oxford man after woman attacked on Abingdon pathway in broad daylight

The victim in her twenties was walking along a path Shelley Close towards Northcourt Road when she was attacked. Credit: Google Maps

Officers investigating a suspected rape in Abingdon have made an arrest.

A 56-year-old man from Oxford was arrested on suspicion of rape and is currently in police custody.

The victim was walking along a pathway alongside Shelley Close from Northcourt Road between 6.30pm and 7pm on Saturday (22 April) when she was approached by a man.

The man spoke to her briefly before assaulting her.

The victim, a woman aged in her twenties, sustained minor injuries, but did not require hospital treatment.

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