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16/07/2003
Police appeal following sexual assault
Police are appealing for information following an alleged sexual assault on a woman in south Belfast at the weekend.
The victim met her attacker at a bonfire on the Belvoir Estate on the night of Friday 11th July.
He asked the woman to accompany him to Shaw's Bridge were the attack is alleged to have taken place. The attack is believed to have occurred between 11.45pm and 1.30am on Saturday morning.
The man is described as being in his late 20s or early 30s, of medium build and short receding brown hair. He was wearing a pale blue polo shirt, jeans and a light coloured jacket as well as a tight fitting chain around his neck.
Police are particularly keen to speak to a man who was walking his dog in the Shaw's Bridge area at the time of the incident.
(MB)
The victim met her attacker at a bonfire on the Belvoir Estate on the night of Friday 11th July.
He asked the woman to accompany him to Shaw's Bridge were the attack is alleged to have taken place. The attack is believed to have occurred between 11.45pm and 1.30am on Saturday morning.
The man is described as being in his late 20s or early 30s, of medium build and short receding brown hair. He was wearing a pale blue polo shirt, jeans and a light coloured jacket as well as a tight fitting chain around his neck.
Police are particularly keen to speak to a man who was walking his dog in the Shaw's Bridge area at the time of the incident.
(MB)
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