A man has been arrested after a four-year-old girl was allegedly assaulted.

Officers from Hampshire Constabulary received a report that the young girl was assaulted in Havant.

Since the report was made, a 36-year-old man from Havant was arrested on suspicion of common assault on Wednesday evening.

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He was apprehended by a Fareham-based officer in another part of Portsmouth.

A spokesperson from Hampshire Constabulary said: “A 36-year-old man from Havant was arrested on suspicion of common assault on Wednesday evening (April 24).

“It follows a report of an assault on a four-year-old girl in Havant.

“The arrested man has now been released on conditional police bail.”