Officers investigating a sexual assault on a staff member at Highfield House Hotel have charged a man.

The incident, which occurred on Friday (January 16), was reported on Monday morning (January 19).

Following that report, officers immediately attended the hotel to take statements and identify and arrest the alleged suspect.

We have now charged Melaku Gebresembet, 23, of Highfield Lane, Southampton, with sexual assault.

He is an Ethiopian national, and has been remanded in custody to appear at Southampton Magistrates’ Court this morning (January 21).