A MAN has been arrested after two people were punched and forced to the floor in an attempted robbery in Wantage.

The victims, a man and woman, were walking along Grove Road on Sunday, May 20, about 3.30am when it happened.

The group of up to five men demanded money from them but neither victim had any to hand over.

An 18-year-old man from Wantage has been arrested on suspicion of attempted robbery and released under investigation.