25/03/2013

Newton Condemns Attack On Teenage Girl

East Belfast DUP MLA Robin Newton has expressed his concerns following a serious assault on a teenage girl in a house in Templemore Avenue.

Mr Newton said: "This attack on a teenage girl will create anger in the community. It is someone’s daughter who was alone and vulnerable that was seriously assaulted.

"Police need the help of the taxi driver who dropped the young woman off in Templemore Avenue and two women who helped on Friday morning.

"This type of violence is blight on our society and any man who attacks young girls needs to be put behind bars. It is almost certain that if he is not caught he will repeat the offence with perhaps even more tragic circumstances."

Police are appealing to anyone with information to contact them.

(CD)


Related Northern Ireland News Stories
Click here for the latest headlines.

10 November 2017
Missing Teen Found Safe And Well In Dublin
A missing teenage girl has been found safe and well, according to the police. Chloe Osborne from Belfast was last seen in Dublin on Sunday, 05 November. Her family and the PSNI appealed for information to try and trace her. She was found in the Dublin area on Thursday, 09 November. Gardai and the police thanked the public for their assistance.
16 April 2003
Teenage girl raped by gang of youths
Police are investigating claims that a young girl may have been the victim of a serious sexual assault at a park in north Belfast. The incident is alleged to have taken place at the Waterworks Park on the Antrim Road at about 11pm on Tuesday evening.
08 August 2005
Teenage girl raped in 'horrendous' attack
Police are appealing for information after a 15-year-old girl was raped twice in an "absolutely horrendous" attack in west Belfast at the weekend.
21 February 2006
Youth arrested in connection with Lisburn rape
Police have today arrested a 16-year-old male in connection with the rape of a teenage girl in Lisburn last weekend. Another teenage boy was held for questioning the day after the attack, however was released without charge shortly after.
16 May 2016
Assault Of Teenage Girl Being Treated As 'Sectarian Hate Crime'
Police are treating the assault of a teenage girl in the Falls Park area on Saturday night as a sectarian hate crime. The girl was walking in the Falls Park area of the Falls Road at about 21:00 on Saturday 14 May when she was assaulted by a group of unknown females.