Portsmouth police arrest man after two women, aged 18 and 22, are sexually assaulted in Pryzm nightclub

Richard Lemmer
By Richard Lemmer
Published 19th Dec 2022, 16:39 BST
Updated 19th Dec 2022, 17:18 BST
Stock photo of a police officer outside Pryzm, Portsmouth. Picture: Habibur RahmanStock photo of a police officer outside Pryzm, Portsmouth. Picture: Habibur Rahman
Stock photo of a police officer outside Pryzm, Portsmouth. Picture: Habibur Rahman
POLICE have arrested a man after two women reported that they were sexually assaulted in Pryzm nightclub on the same night.

Police were told of the incident at around 2am on Friday.

An 18-year-old woman and a 22-year-old woman reported that they had been sexually assaulted by a man inside the nightclub in Stanhope Road.

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A spokeswoman from Hampshire Constabulary said: ‘In the early hours of Friday morning (December 16), it was reported to us that at approximately 2am a man had sexually assaulted an 18-year-old woman and a 22-year-old woman inside Pryzm nightclub.

‘We attended and arrested a 27-year-old man from Portsmouth on suspicion of sexual assault.

‘He has been released on conditional police bail while our enquiries continue.’