Police have arrested a Shanklin man following an assault earlier today. Image: Isle of Wight Police.
OFFICERS investigating an assault on a woman in Shanklin have arrested a man.
The news follows a police appeal issued earlier today (Thursday) for witnesses to the incident.
Police were called at around 5.30pm last night following reports that a woman in her 70s had been grabbed by a man she did not know near the train station in Regent Street.
Following enquiries, a man in his 60s from Shanklin has been arrested in connection with the incident and remains in custody at this time.
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