Boy, 16, held over sex attack on girl in Scunthorpe woods

POLICE investigating a serious sex attack on a girl in Scunthorpe have arrested a 16-year-old boy.

The boy is in custody at Scunthorpe Police Station after being arrested in the town on Thursday.

He is being questioned over an attack on a girl aged 14, who was dragged into woods and assaulted while waiting for friends in Central Park at about 5pm on Wednesday.

After the attack the girl contacted a friend and the pair went home and told her mother, then police were called.

Anyone with information about the attack can call Humberside Police on 0845 6060 222.