On Saturday, February 25, police were called over an incident in Hampden Park, Eastbourne, where a 63-year-old woman was approached by a man not known to her as she walked her dog near the perimeter footpath near Decoy Drive. The man, later identified as Lewis Wood, 28, of no fixed address, was initially arrested on suspicion of assault on the same day at Dean Road in Eastbourne.
After further investigation, detectives charged Wood with intentional strangulation, contrary to section 75(A) of the Serious Crime Act 2015, and with committing an offence with the intention of committing a relevant sexual offence under section 62 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
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