POLICE are appealing to a jogger who might be able to help in a sexual assault enquiry to get in contact.

The woman was running along a path alongside Steyning Cricket Ground when she stopped to speak to a teenage girl.

The 16-year-old victim had been caught up in a bush as she tried to get back on to the path.

The woman, who was wearing running clothes, was heading towards the Downs and had a small dog with her.

Detective Constable Andy Roe said: “The girl was leaving the area where she was assaulted at the time she spoke to the jogger.

“She could hold important information to be able to help us.”

The incident happened at about 4pm on April 7.

A 17-year-old boy from Billingshurst has been arrested on suspicion of rape and has been released under investigation.

The jogger is asked to contact police online at sussex.police.uk.

Alternatively they can call 101 quoting serial 1229 of 07/04.