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Woman in her 20s victim of serious sexual assault in York

Sun 10 Apr, 2016 by YorkMix

Police are appealing for witnesses

Filed Under: Crime, News

A woman was the victim of a serious sexual assault in the early hours of Sunday morning (April 10).

Detectives are appealing for witness to the attack. It happened around 2am-2.30am on Haxby Road at the junction of Kitchener Street, York.

The attacker is described as a man in his early thirties, with a bald head and wearing a dark coloured shirt or top.

The victim, a woman in her twenties from York, is being supported by specialist officers.

Police were asking people on Haxby Road if they had seen anything.

The  house is taped off on Sunday
The taped off area on Sunday
A view looking down Haxby Road towards the Nuffield Hospital
A view looking down Haxby Road towards the Nuffield Hospital

Anyone who witnessed the incident or who was in the area of Haxby and Kitchener Road between the hours of 1.30am and 2.30am is asked to contact police.

north-yorkshire-police-logo-25How to help the police

Call North Yorkshire Police on 101, press 2 and ask to speak to York Serious Crime Team
Or Crimestoppers 0800 555 111
Quote reference number 12160061708

A police officer guards the cordoned off bus shelter outside Joseph Rowntree Theatre on Haxby Road
A police officer guards the cordoned off bus shelter outside Joseph Rowntree Theatre on Haxby Road
A police van parked outside Nestle Rowntree on Haxby Road
A police van parked outside Nestle Rowntree on Haxby Road
Another view of the Kitchener Street house
Another view of the house cut off by crime scene tape at the Kitchener Street/Haxby Road junction

 


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