A MAN was arrested on suspicion of harassment after being taken to hospital with neck injuries as police were called to a reported domestic disturbance.

Officers were called to an address on Telford Drive, Sutton at around 9.15am on Tuesday, July 28.

Ambulance and air ambulance also attended the scene.

Police say they found a 24-year-old man with "slight injuries to his neck" on arrival at the property.

The man was taken to hospital for treatment by ambulance and was later in the day arrested on suspicion of harassment in connection with the disturbance.

He was taken to custody.

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A Merseyside Police spokeswoman said: "One man was arrested in St Helens yesterday afternoon (Tuesday, July 28), following an incident in Sutton.

"Officers were called what was thought to be a domestic related disturbance at an address in Telford Drive at around 9.15am.

"On arrival they found a 24-year-old local man with slight injuries to his neck – he was treated in hospital and later arrested on suspicion of harassment.

"He remains in police custody."

A North West Ambulance spokeswoman confirmed they attended the scene on Tuesday and that they took a patient to hospital.