A 38-year-old mainland man was arrested during the early hours of this morning (Wednesday) following reports that a woman had been assaulted at an address in Newport.
Police were called to a property on Staplers Road at 04:22.
Officers attended the address and arrested a 38-year-old man from Hythe.
He was detained on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, criminal damage and obstructing/resisting police.
The mainlander was taken into custody at Newport Police Station.
What is the relevance of his being resident on the mainland? Would the situation have been any different if he was Island resident?