A MAN has been arrested and charged in connection with two attacks on women in West Dorset.

Detectives are now appealing for other potential victims or anyone with information to come forward.

The first incident took place in Dorchester at about 7.20pm on Thursday, December 15 2011.

Police received a report that a 33-year-old Dorchester woman had been assaulted while walking alone in the alleyway between Farfrae Crescent and Armada Way.

The second attack happened last Wednesday in Bridport.

Officers were alerted at around 5.30pm that a 37-year-old Bridport woman had been assaulted at Langdon Woods Car Park.

An 18-year-old Bridport man, named by police as Stefan William Fry was arrested on Friday and charged with two counts of possessing an offensive weapon and two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

He appeared at Bournemouth Magistrates Court on Saturday and was remanded in custody until Thursday.

Witnesses and anyone with information should call Dorset Police in confidence on 101 quoting incident number 22:323.