Overview
- Officers on patrol in Wantage arrested a 39-year-old local man on Friday on suspicion of rape and two sexual assaults, and he remains in custody.
- Police say a woman in her late teens was approached on Grove Road at about 11.15pm on January 27, led behind Mably Way and raped, before the offender left on a black bicycle.
- Detectives are also probing a sexual assault on January 21 and an attempted sexual assault on January 24 in Grove, keeping an open mind about any links to the rape.
- The assailant described in public appeals for the January 27 attack was of mixed ethnic background, about 5ft 6ins tall with short black hair, and riding a black bike.
- Thames Valley Police have deployed additional officers, urged residents to share information via 101 or online, and asked witnesses to quote reference 43260044490.