A MAN arrested on suspicion of raping a teenager in a Southampton park has been released.

Officers arrested a 45-year-old man from Southampton yesterday on suspicion of rape.

It comes after 19-year-old woman was raped in a park in Northam on Sunday, August 11.

The suspect was in custody yesterday.

He has since been released from police custody, but remains under investigation.

Police launched the investigation after the woman was raped in a park between Union Road and Summers Street in Northam on Sunday, August 11.

The incident happened between 8.40pm and 21.20pm.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call 101 and quote 44190284325.