Southampton: Man arrested on suspicion of cemetery rape

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Police at Southampton Old Cemetery
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Hampshire Police said the woman was attacked in the Old Cemetery in Southampton on 19 November

A man has been arrested on suspicion of rape over an attack on a woman in a cemetery.

Hampshire Police said the woman, aged in her 20s, was attacked in the Old Cemetery in Southampton on 19 November.

The force said it happened in the graveyard near the Avenue and Cemetery Road area of Southampton Common at about 06:45 GMT.

It added that a 23-year-old man from the city was held, but had since been released on conditional police bail.

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