Saturday 20 September 2014

A girl, 15, was snatched from bus stop and raped in car


Police are hunting for the man who struck his teenage victim waited for a bus. He drove her to a residential street before carrying out the sickening attack      

The 15-year-old victim kept the horrifying attack secret for five months before it was finally reported to police earlier this week.

And detectives are today hunting the man who struck as the victim waited for a bus in Wallsend in North Tyneside United Kingdom then drove her to a residential street in the town to carrying out the sickening assault.        

Det Sgt Rob Ridley, from Northumbria Police, has asked the public for help.    

He told the Evening Chronicle : “This was an extremely serious offence and detectives are doing all they can to apprehend the man responsible.          

“This has been a traumatic experience for the girl involved and we are working with her and her family to support them as much as we can.          

“We would appeal for the public’s help and ask that anyone with information to come forward as they may have vital information to assist us.”          

The young victim can not recall exactly which bus stop in Wallsend she was waiting at when she was approached by her attacker, sometime between 10.55pm, on Friday, April 25, and 11.30pm, on Saturday, April 26.          

The man put her into the front of his car then drove her to a street around Hotspur Road, on the town’s High Farm estate, where he raped her in the car.          

The victim eventually managed to get out and run away from the man.          

But the attack was not reported to police until Tuesday this week.          

Today people living on Hotspur Road have told of their horror after learning a teenager had been raped on their doorsteps.          

Bruce Gilroy, who has lived on the street for 40 years said he had never known anything like this to happen nearby.          

The 67-year-old grandfather said: “This is totally unusual for around here. There’s a lot of teenagers around here. It’s very popular with families.          

“It’s an ideal place to bring up kids, it’s just lovely. I have never had any bother here, it’s a very private and respectable area.”

The rapist is described as white, aged in his late 40s to early 50s, of large build, 5ft 3ins tall, with a grey hair shaved short. He spoke with a local accent.          

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