Police appeal following serious sexual assault in Barnstaple

Police investigating a report of serious sexual assault on a woman in Barnstaple on Friday 16 December are trying to trace a taxi driver as a witness, who may have important information.

Officers would like to hear from the driver of a licensed Hackney Carriage taxi, who was working at around 2.15am, who may have valuable information for the investigation.

A man, who was wearing a Santa hat, and woman, used a taxi to travel from the area of the taxi rank in Boutport Street, Barnstaple between 2.15am and 2.30am.

Officers would like to hear from the taxi driver, who is being sought purely as a witness and is not suspected of any offences, or anyone who thinks they know who he is, to contact them.

A man in his 20s from the Barnstaple area was arrested on suspicion of rape and has been released on police bail to return on Friday 17 March.

If you have any information that could help with enquiries, please contact police via our website here or by calling 101 quoting reference 50220061113.