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03/09/2001
Police appeal for information on two sex attacks
Northern Ireland police have appealed for information following two sex attacks on young girls over the weekend.
In Coleraine County Londonderry a young girl was attacked and sexually assaulted just after 9:00pm on Sunday. The teenage girl was walking in a playground area close to Kylemore nursery when a man attacked her. The man was wearing a black hooded jacket and white training shoes. Police said that the attacker ran off in the direction of the Creeve area of the town.
In Cookstown County Tyrone a 10-year-old-girl was sexually assaulted at around 8:00pm on Saturday in the Coolnafranky area of the town. Police described the attacker as being between 35 and 50-years-old, about five feet seven inches tall, of average build, with short grey hair and a moustache. He was wearing a gold sleeper earring with a gold ball attached. He was dressed in blue jeans covered in what is thought to be cement, dirty brown boots and a blue round-necked top. (SP)
In Coleraine County Londonderry a young girl was attacked and sexually assaulted just after 9:00pm on Sunday. The teenage girl was walking in a playground area close to Kylemore nursery when a man attacked her. The man was wearing a black hooded jacket and white training shoes. Police said that the attacker ran off in the direction of the Creeve area of the town.
In Cookstown County Tyrone a 10-year-old-girl was sexually assaulted at around 8:00pm on Saturday in the Coolnafranky area of the town. Police described the attacker as being between 35 and 50-years-old, about five feet seven inches tall, of average build, with short grey hair and a moustache. He was wearing a gold sleeper earring with a gold ball attached. He was dressed in blue jeans covered in what is thought to be cement, dirty brown boots and a blue round-necked top. (SP)
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