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TROUBLE-hit Toon striker Nile Ranger is today being questioned on suspicion of rape.

Police received a report from a woman alleging she had been sexually attacked in a city hotel by the Newcastle United player.

The crime is said to have taken place overnight between Wednesday into Thursday at a hotel in Jesmond.

Police arrived at the 21-year-old's Forest Hall home, North Tyneside, on Thursday evening and took him to Wallsend police station.

Officers are still questioning him today.

A Northumbria Police spokesman said: “On Thursday, January 24, a woman reported to police that she had been raped overnight at a hotel in Jesmond.

“A 21-year-old man has been arrested at an address in Forest Hall on suspicion of rape.”

Only hours before he was arrested the Newcastle United footballer used more than £1,500 to spell out his name in £20 notes before taking a picture of it and posting it on Instagram.