Man arrested after woman in her 20s reports rape on Brighton Beach
A man has been arrested on suspicion of rape following an attack on a woman in her 20s on Brighton Beach, police have said.
Officers confirmed a 28-year-old man was being held after they received reports of the incident along the East Sussex shore.
It is believed the alleged attack took place either late on Tuesday or in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The victim is currently being supported by specialist officers, Sussex Police confirmed.
Following the report, police swarmed the scene along the hotspot while the suspect remains in custody.
The force said: "Police are investigating a report of a rape of a woman in her 20s on Brighton Beach that is understood to have taken place overnight on Tuesday 4 August into Wednesday 5 August.
"The victim is receiving support from specialist trained officers.
"A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of rape and remains in custody at this time.
"Anyone with information is asked to contact police online or by calling 101, quoting serial 228 of 05/08."
Currently, cordons are in place between the i360 tower and the volleyball courts while officers conduct their investigation.
Officers were spotted along the shore as some individuals were seen taking bags of evidence away from the scene.
Following a separate incident, three migrants were sentenced last month after dragging a woman to a quiet area of the same beach, gang-raping her - and filming it.
A jury in April convicted Egyptian national Ibrahim Alshafe, 25, and Iranian national Abdulla Ahmadi, 26, of the “callous” rape of the woman in the early hours of October 4 2025.
Egyptian national Karin Al-Danasurt, 20, was also convicted of all four counts of rape as a secondary party because he encouraged the rape and filmed it.
Al-Danasurt was jailed for 24 years and six months. Meanwhile, Alshafe and Ahmadi were both sent down for 27 years.
The rapists, who had been living in an asylum hotel in nearby Horsham, must serve two-thirds of the custodial period before being considered for release.
The prosecution had said Al-Danasurt, who was pictured laughing as he was led from the court after being convicted in April, was convicted of murder in Egypt before he illegally entered Britain on a small boat crossing.
The court heard later that Al-Danasurt had said in his second asylum interview with the Home Office he had been convicted of murder in his absence, but insisted he was innocent.
He also received a caution for criminal damage in April 2025.
Prosecutor Hanna Llewellyn-Waters KC said the defendants subjected the victim to multiple simultaneous rapes.
"She was treated as a receptacle for their gratification," she said.
"At times, she was unconscious. When she came into consciousness, she was unable to move or breathe properly due to her actions. She recalls pleading with them but was met with mockery, insults, jeering, derision."
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