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Page last updated at 21:31 GMT, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 22:31 UK
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Man arrested over cemetery rape

A man police wanted to question in relation to a rape in West Yorkshire has been arrested.

Detectives arrested the 47-year-old from the Todmorden area after he walked into a police station in Scarborough on Tuesday afternoon.

West Yorkshire Police said they had wanted to speak to the man after a 22-year-old woman was raped in Stoney Royd Cemetery, Halifax on Sunday.

The suspect is in custody awaiting questioning.



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