Woman in her 40s ‘raped on woodland path’ with man arrested

Noora Mykkanen | Senior Live News reporter Published August 22, 2026 8:17am Updated August 22, 2026 8:18am The suspected attack happened on the path through the Boscombe nature reserve (Picture: Google) A man in his 60s has been arrested after a suspected rape on a nature path near Bournemouth beachfront. Detectives continue to probe a suspected rape in the Boscombe area of Bournemouth after reports of an attack on Wednesday evening. It unfolded after a woman, in her 40s, and a man had met on Woodland Walk that evening. Dorset Police said it received a report of the rape at 12.16am on Thursday night, and that the attack occurred around three hours earlier. Now a man, in his 60s from Bournemouth, has been arrested on suspicion of rape, the force confirmed. Sign up for all of the latest stor