Police say ‘no criminality was established’ after receiving a report of an attack on a woman in Macduff yesterday.
Officers closed a path off Old Gamrie Road, which leads behind houses and is near the town’s industrial estate, yesterday afternoon.
Cops carried out “extensive” enquiries into the walkway and surrounding areas but they have said that no criminality was established.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Following a report of an assault of a female in Hall Crescent, MacDuff, Tuesday, 16 July.
“Extensive enquiries were carried out and no criminality was established.”
The Scottish Ambulance Service has also been approached for comment.
Conversation