A man has been arrested after a woman was raped outside a pub in Kidlington.

Thames Valley Police said the attack is now being investigated as a rape instead of as a serious sexual assault.

The attack happened at about 2am yesterday in the car park of the Black Bull pub in Banbury Road.

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The victim had taken a bus from Oxford to Kidlington and got off near the pub.

Her attacker, who police said she did not know, was also a passenger on the bus and got off at the same time.

A 24-year-old man from Kidlington was arrested today on suspicion of rape and has been bailed until January 7.

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