DETECTIVES leading the investigation into the serious sexual assault of a man in Southampton have made an arrest.

Officers have confirmed they are questioning a 42-year-old man from the city in connection with the attack on a 19-year-old man.

As reported by the Daily Echo, the victim was sexually assaulted in the churchyard area of St Mary's Church, off St Mary's Street, Southampton in the early hours of March 15 after he was also robbed whilst getting cash from a nearby ATM.