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Police have arrested a 32-year-old man from Hapton in connection to an assault investigation.

Yesterday police asked for the public and media’s help in identifying a man they wanted to speak to after a woman was assaulted in Burnley.

Police officers were called to the Westgate area of the town at around 2-40am on Sunday, January 22nd following reports that a man had assaulted a woman but had run off after being disturbed.

The man arrested today remains in police custody.

Police arrest Hapton man in connection to assault of woman in Burnley