A 17-year-old youth has been arrested on suspicion of assault after an attack on a clergyman, Kent police have revealed.

The teenager, from Westgate on Sea, near Margate, was arrested on August 23.

He has been bailed to return to Margate police station on October 2 as investigations continue.

The alleged incident happened on August 8 when the Rev Don Witts approached a group of young people who were drinking and being intimidating in the churchyard of All Saints' Church, Birchington.

Mr Witts was hit by one member of the group and suffered a cut lip and sore left wrist.