A 17-YEAR-OLD has been arrested following a suspected rape on Sunday night.

At midnight on Sunday, July 7, leading into Monday, July 8, a 28-year-old woman was reportedly raped by a man near to the Pig Iron Pub on Corporation Road in Middlesbrough.

Police said the 17-year-old man had since been released under investigation, pending further enquiries. 

  • Anyone with information is asked to contact Cleveland Police on 101 and quote event number 115042.