By
Tom Orde
Crime and court reporter
Police launch manhunt after woman sexually assaulted in woods near Row Down, Blackfield.
A MAN has been arrested following an attempted rape near Southampton.
Police say the incident, which happened on Saturday, involved a 31-year-old woman who was attacked by a man who had made an indecent suggestion to her.
The incident happened in woods off Row Down, between Roughdown Lane and Kings Copse Road, Blackfield.
Police previously launched a manhunt and appealed to the public for information.
Officers investigating the assault have now arrested a man in connection with the incident.
A 30-year-old man from Blackfield has been arrested on suspicion of attempted rape.