Police have arrested a 44-year-old man in connection with a serious sexual assault in Yeovil.

The victim, a 19-year-old woman, was walking along Park Road from the town centre at about 2am on Friday, December 19.

She had just walked over a footbridge when she was approached by a man who forced her into his car and then took her to a different location where he subjected her to a serious sexual assault.

The attacker was described as white, 5ft 9in, of average build, with blond hair.

He was wearing a fluorescent yellow jacket, had a distinctive tribal design tattoo on the top of his right arm and was driving a dark coloured car.

The attacker then drove the victim to a flat and subjected her to a sexual assault.

Afterwards he drove his victim to Westfield Road in a transit van where he abandoned her.

The vehicle he was driving at the time is described as a transit van with a sliding door with some caging in the back for storage.

Anyone who has any information that might help the investigation is urged to contact police on 0845 456 7000 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.