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03/01/2006
Further details released in child abduction case
Northumbria Police have released further details about a man suspected of abducting a six-year-old girl from a bath in her home.
The child was taken from her home in North Tyneside a week ago. She was found naked in an alleyway a short time later in Willington Quay in a distressed state. She had been subjected to a sexual assault.
The girl described her attacker to police as white, between 5ft 4in and 5ft 8in tall and ‘not skinny’. She also said that he may have had sideburns and was wearing a black coat, black hat and black gloves.
Police said that they are “keeping an open mind” about the suspect’s age, as the girl’s description based his age on his height.
Police have also pieced together part of the route on which the adductor may have taken the girl. The child helped police with a reconstruction by recognising landmarks in the Wallsend area, including the Kwiksave supermarket in Hadrian Road and the Rose Inn on Church Bank.
Police also believe that the route may have included Park Road, Laurel Street, High Street, High Street East and Tynemouth Road, all Wallsend.
Detective Chief Inspector Jim Napier, who is leading the investigation, said: "I would ask anyone who was in those areas last Tuesday evening between 7pm and 7.30pm and who noticed anything suspicious, particularly a vehicle being driven erratically or in a strange manner, with the driver possibly being distracted, to please contact us."
Anyone with information is asked to contact the incident room on 0191 214 6555.
(KMcA)
The child was taken from her home in North Tyneside a week ago. She was found naked in an alleyway a short time later in Willington Quay in a distressed state. She had been subjected to a sexual assault.
The girl described her attacker to police as white, between 5ft 4in and 5ft 8in tall and ‘not skinny’. She also said that he may have had sideburns and was wearing a black coat, black hat and black gloves.
Police said that they are “keeping an open mind” about the suspect’s age, as the girl’s description based his age on his height.
Police have also pieced together part of the route on which the adductor may have taken the girl. The child helped police with a reconstruction by recognising landmarks in the Wallsend area, including the Kwiksave supermarket in Hadrian Road and the Rose Inn on Church Bank.
Police also believe that the route may have included Park Road, Laurel Street, High Street, High Street East and Tynemouth Road, all Wallsend.
Detective Chief Inspector Jim Napier, who is leading the investigation, said: "I would ask anyone who was in those areas last Tuesday evening between 7pm and 7.30pm and who noticed anything suspicious, particularly a vehicle being driven erratically or in a strange manner, with the driver possibly being distracted, to please contact us."
Anyone with information is asked to contact the incident room on 0191 214 6555.
(KMcA)
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