Police connect two attacks on teenage women in Brighton

Officers were first called when a woman reported being grabbed by a man near Saunders Park.

Officers said the 18-year-old was walking on Lewes Road and was near to an alleyway which leads into Saunders Park Rise at around 11.05pm on Tuesday (September 4), when a man, walking towards her, grabbed her. He snatched her mobile from her hand and threw it into a nearby bush and threatened her.