A teenage girl was sexually assaulted while waiting at a bus stop, as police arrested a man in his 30s.

The girl was allegedly approached by a man while she was waiting for a bus in the village of Longdowns near Penryn, Cornwall.

Police said the man made inappropriate comments to one girl and put his arm around her.

The man made lewd comments towards her and then sexually assaulted the victim, Devon and Cornwall Police said.

After the victim escaped, the man approached two other young people.