Witnesses are being urged to come forward after a teenage girl was raped in Hove.

The victim, a 17-year-old girl, had been with the suspect, an 18-year-old man, who she knows when he has taken her down an access road to some garages in Aldrington Avenue in Hove.

Thr rape happened around 8.30pm on Saturday, March 30.

An 18-year-old man from Brighton has been arrested on suspicion of rape and has been bailed until May 21 while investigations continue.

Police are appealing for any witnesses or anyone with information to contact police on 101 quoting serial 26 of April 4.