Armed police were called to a popular Plymouth park yesterday afternoon.
Police were called at around 4.30pm on Thursday, 1 January by a woman who reported that she 'stabbed a man in the neck'.
She told police that the altercation in the park followed an alleged sexual assault at a property in Plymouth.
Officers located the man in Devonport Park, who was found to have a superficial scratch to the neck.
The South Western Ambulance Service sent one double crewed land ambulance, and an operations officer to the scene.
Paramedics treated the man, aged in his 50s, at the scene before he was arrested by the police on suspicion of sexual offences.
Police say that following a review of evidence, the man will face no further police action.
A spokesperon for Devon and Cornwall Police told Plymouth Plus:
"We were called at around 4.30pm on Thursday 1 January following a report of a woman saying she had stabbed a man in the neck after being sexually assaulted at a property in Plymouth.
"Officers located the man in Devonport Park.
"He was assessed by police and ambulance and found to have a superficial scratch to the neck.
"The man in his 50s was arrested on suspicion of sexual offences but following a review of evidence will face no further police action."
A South Western Ambulance Service spokesperson told Plymouth Plus:
“We were called at 16:42hrs on Thursday 01 January to an incident in Plymouth. We sent one double-crewed land ambulance, and an operations officer to the scene.”
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