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06/12/2011
Notts Confirm Arrest Over Alleged Sex Assault
Notts County FC have confirmed that one of their players has been arrested in connection to an alleged sexual assault at a London hotel over the weekend.
The club's striker, Lee Hughes, is believed to have been taken into custody on suspicion of sexual assault after an incident involving a woman at the hotel on Saturday.
The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to a hotel in Purley Way, Croydon, at 11am on Saturday before a 35-year-old man, believed to be Mr Hughes, was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and taken into custody.
In a statement from the player's club on Tuesday morning, a spokesman said: "Notts County can confirm that the club are aware of an alleged incident involving one of our players at the team's hotel on Saturday, December 3.
"As this is a police matter, the club will be making no further comment on this incident."
Mr Hughes has been released on bail until a date in late-January, pending further inquiries.
(DW)
The club's striker, Lee Hughes, is believed to have been taken into custody on suspicion of sexual assault after an incident involving a woman at the hotel on Saturday.
The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to a hotel in Purley Way, Croydon, at 11am on Saturday before a 35-year-old man, believed to be Mr Hughes, was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and taken into custody.
In a statement from the player's club on Tuesday morning, a spokesman said: "Notts County can confirm that the club are aware of an alleged incident involving one of our players at the team's hotel on Saturday, December 3.
"As this is a police matter, the club will be making no further comment on this incident."
Mr Hughes has been released on bail until a date in late-January, pending further inquiries.
(DW)
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