A 19-year-old woman has been cautioned following an allegation of sending abusive messages to another woman.

A 19-year-old woman from South Cumbria has accepted a caution following an allegation of sending malicious communications to a woman in her 30s.

Police confirmed that the woman had been cautioned about the messages by officers on Sunday.

The messages were sent in connection to allegations made in a social media post of a grooming gang operating in Barrow.