GUERNSEY Police have received a number of calls following two separate sexual assaults on lone females in Town, although no arrests have been made.

Investigations are continuing into the incidents last month in Forest Lane and Cambridge Park in which young women were targeted during the early hours of the morning. It remains unclear if the two assaults are linked.

Following criticism of the force for not immediately releasing information about the attacks, Chief Inspector Ruari Hardy (pictured) yesterday again defended the delay. ‘The decision not to disclose either offence to the media straight away was an operational decision made in an attempt to further the investigation,’ he said.

‘I would encourage anyone with any information to call police headquarters and speak with an officer. Your small piece of information may be the key piece in the jigsaw.’

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