A 65-YEAR-OLD man arrested after a 16-year-old college student was said to have been groped on a bus has been released under investigation, police have confirmed.

Officers had released CCTV of a man they wanted to speak to after a girl was allegedly sexually assaulted on the 250 Transdev Mainline bus service from Accrington Bus Station to Burnley on Friday morning.

On Friday evening a man from Accrington was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. He was quizzed by detectives on Saturday but they confirmed yesterday he had been released under investigation.

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