A 23-year-old man has been arrested following an allegation of rape in a north Suffolk town.

A MAN has been arrested after an 18-year-old woman was allegedly raped in a cemetery.

The teenager is thought to have been on a night out in Beccles and was walking through the cemetery in London Road when she suffered the alleged attack.

A 23-year-old man was arrested on Sunday.

A police spokesman said: “A 23-year-old male from the Beccles area who was arrested on suspicion of rape has been released on police bail to return to Lowestoft Police Station on January 28 2009.

“This follows an allegation from an 18-year-old female who reported that she had been the subject of a serious sexual assault at around 2am on November 29, in London Road, Beccles.”