A MAN has been interviewed by officers investigating a report that a teenage girl was sexually assaulted in Blandford.

It was reported that at around 8.20pm on Sunday, June 26 a 14-year-old girl was sitting outside the Spar store in Market Place when a man approached and allegedly touched her inappropriately over her clothing.

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Following a CCTV appeal and enquiries by officers, a local man aged in his 40s attended for a voluntary police interview and he has been released under investigation while enquiries continue.