A man has been arrested after an allegation of rape in Heybridge.
Essex Police was contacted shortly after 10.30pm yesterday (June 10) after a woman was reported to have been sexually assaulted under the Heybridge Approach (A414) off Creasen Butt Close.
The 26-year-old suspect was detained at his home nearby after the incident and remained in custody at Chelmsford police station this morning (June 11).
The pathway, called Mill Lane, runs adjacent to the River Blackwater and links Tescos and McDonalds at Fullbridge with Creasen Butt Close. The area has been cordoned off by police.
The woman involved was taken to the county's sexual assault referral centre, where she is being spoken to by medical professionals and rape offence officers.
