DETECTIVES have been granted more time to question a man in connection with the rape of a 19-year-old woman.

A 22-year-old man from Atherton will be quizzed by officers until 8pm on Wednesday night.

It follows the rape of the teenager after she left Barbarella's nightclub in Leigh in the early hours of Sunday, February 20.

She was punched in the face before being dragged through the town centre and raped in an alleyway.

She was hit repeatedly and was taken to hospital for treatment after suffering a broken jaw.

The 22-year-old man was arrested in Bolton last weekend on suspicion of rape and assault.