A 45-year-old man has been arrested at Warren Hill Prison after a woman was assaulted outside Ipswich Hospital.

The incident happened in Heath Road, outside the A&E department at around midday last Friday.

A Suffolk police spokesman said: “The victim reported that she had been approached by a man who placed his hands on her, she was not injured.”

The man was arrested today on suspicion of sexual assault and has been bailed until February 2, 2015.