Police have arrested a 33-year-old man after a woman woke up to find a man taking off his trousers in her home during the night. 

On Sunday, Hampshire police said that it was searching for a man after an incident at a home on Park Road, on October 19, where a man was reported to have trespassed into the address.

Police said that the victim reported that the man began to remove his shoes before also taking off his trousers, as the woman awoke.

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The man only stopped what he was doing when she said she would call the police.

Hampshire Constabulary has now said that a 33-year-old man from Southampton has been arrested on suspicion of trespassing with intent to commit a sexual offence.

He remains in custody.