21/11/2014

Man Arrested In Connection With London Park Rapes

Police investigating the alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl in a south London park have arrested a 23-year-old man.

Named as Daniel Elliot, of Rosewell Close, he has been arrested in connection with three separate attacks on women, police have said.

He is accused of raping a 15-year-old in Grove Park on 15 November, and a 16-year-old in Beddington Park on 05 September. Both parks are in the Carshalton area.

He is also charged with the sexual assault of a woman in her 20s in Mellowes Park in Wallington on 03 August.

Police have said that he will appear before Croydon Magistrates' Court today (Friday).

(MH/JP)

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