Police investigating the sexual assault of a 20-year-old woman in Fortitude Valley on New Year’s Day have released CCTV footage of a man who may be able to assist with inquiries. 

Police have since arrested a man in relation to the case following public appeal.

At around 4am on January 1, the woman was sexually assaulted by a man not known to her in a laneway on Warner Street.

The woman managed to leave the laneway and seek help from a person passing by.